Official data provided by Istat and ACI reveals an improvement in Italy’s road safety performance during 2011. According to the information released, fatal road accidents in Italy decreased to around 3,800, a drop of 7.1%. Meanwhile there were 205,000 accidents involving injuries in Italy, a drop of 3%. The rate of fatalities/million people was of 63, just above EU average, while the number of fatalities out of 100 accidents increased from 3.1 to 3.2 on motorways, and went from 5 to 4.8 on large roads and f
Official data provided by 4168 Istat and ACI reveals an improvement in Italy’s road safety performance during 2011. According to the information released, fatal road accidents in Italy decreased to around 3,800, a drop of 7.1%. Meanwhile there were 205,000 accidents involving injuries in Italy, a drop of 3%. The rate of fatalities/million people was of 63, just above EU average, while the number of fatalities out of 100 accidents increased from 3.1 to 3.2 on motorways, and went from 5 to 4.8 on large roads and from 1.1 to 1 in urban roads.