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Eurostat: EU railway accident deaths fell 10.8% in 2024
Accident deaths fell from 841 in 2023 to 750. Unauthorised people on tracks accounted for 65.6%.
Event / data period: 2024
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IllustrationLevel-crossing users represented 25.5% of deaths; passengers, 2.1%.
Suicides on railway premises are reported separately.
Data
Railway safety
EU railway accident fatalities and category shares reported by Eurostat.
- Railway accident fatalities
- 750 people
- 2024 · Observed
- Unauthorised people on tracks
- 65.6 percent of fatalities
- 2024 · Observed
- Level-crossing users
- 25.5 percent of fatalities
- 2024 · Observed
- Railway passengers
- 2.1 percent of fatalities
- 2024 · Observed
Methodology
Suicides are separate from accident fatalities. Shares are Eurostat categories within 2024 accident deaths.
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