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Traffic accidents with victims. Accidents and victims. By severity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Traffic accidents with victims. Accidents and victims. By severity. Counties and Aran, and areas Catalonia
Accidents Victims
With deaths Total Dead Severe injured Mild injured Total
2022 211 23,061 228 1,564 27,906 29,698
2021 182 21,895 192 1,432 26,506 28,130
2020 149 17,779 159 1,175 21,400 22,734
2019 228 26,576 242 1,689 33,055 34,986
2018 233 26,907 260 1,736 33,756 35,752
2017 213 27,052 240 1,711 34,216 36,167
2016 202 26,996 231 1,839 34,215 36,285
2015 238 25,286 261 1,900 31,803 33,964
Source: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Note: The total number of accidents includes fatal accidents. Death count made 24 hours after the accident occurred.

Last update: November 10, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Traffic accidents with casualties
Accidents that take place or are caused on a road or terrain covered by legislation on traffic, motor vehicle circulation and road safety, and as a result of which one or more persons are killed and/or injured.

Methodological aspects

The information related to traffic accidents with casualties comes from the Catalan Traffic Service provides the data by counties and the accident rates in Catalonia.

Note that any person who, as a result of an accident, dies either during the accident or in the following 24 hours or 30 days counts as a fatality.

Persons injured in a traffic accident requiring hospitalisation for more than 24 hours are considered seriously injured.

Persons injured in a traffic accident but who do not meet the definition of seriously injured are considered slightly injured.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".