Although they may not be as terrifying as some of these roads, a new report (PDF) by Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistical office, claims that roads in Eastern Europe are the most dangerous in the EU. Conversely, the safest roads are found in the northern member states and in Malta. Other paranoia-inducing trivia includes:
- Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, and Slovakia had the highest number of persons killed in road accidents.
- Death rates on the roads in Greece are 5 times greater than death rates in the UK.
If you’re looking for some good news, you can rest a little easier in the big cities. According to the report, urban regions are the safest. Th report even singles out Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, and Brussels as among the safest capitals in the EU.
If you’re planning on driving in Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland, and you want to know which roads are the safest, you may want to visit EuroRAP. EuroRAP lets you check the safety rating of roads in those countries before you actually hit the on-ramp.