Switzerland sees safety success cut crash crashes

Switzerland’s road safety improvement continues, with a fall in road deaths during 2014. According to data from the Swiss federal office for roads Astra, there were 17,803 road crashes in Switzerland in 2014 and 243 fatalities, a drop of 24% compared with the average for the years 2009-2014. Meanwhile road crashes were the cause of 4,043 serious injuries and 17,478 slight injuries in 2014. However the number of people seriously injured in crashes rose by 8%. And 29 bicycle riders were killed in road traffic
March 30, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Switzerland’s road safety improvement continues, with a fall in road deaths during 2014. According to data from the Swiss federal office for roads Astra, there were 17,803 road crashes in Switzerland in 2014 and 243 fatalities, a drop of 24% compared with the average for the years 2009-2014. Meanwhile road crashes were the cause of 4,043 serious injuries and 17,478 slight injuries in 2014. However the number of people seriously injured in crashes rose by 8%. And 29 bicycle riders were killed in road traffic incidents in 2014, a rise of 12 compared to 2013. The number of pedestrians killed in road traffic incidents dropped by 38% to 43 from the average of the years between 2009 and 2013 to 2014.

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