During the first six months of 2024, 198 people died on Belgium's roads. This is 12% down on the first half of 2023, when there were 226 road traffic fatalities. The number of accidents and injuries resulting from accidents on our roads is also falling. According to the Vias Institute for Road Safety, the number of accident has fallen most on the motorways. Vias says that this is due to an increase in the number of speed cameras in Wallonia and an increase in the number of traffic jams in Flanders.
The number of people killed on our roads has fallen by 12% mainly thanks to speed cameras and traffic jams.
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Vias’ latest road safety survey shows that the number of fatalities on the country’s roads has been falling since the start of last year. The fall is most pronounced on major routes. During the first 6 months of this year 23 people died in accidents that occurred on the motorways as opposed to 37 during the same period last year.
An increase in the number of speed cameras in Wallonia and more traffic congestion in Flanders are said to have led to the fall in the number of road deaths.
Scooters, bikes and motorbikes
While the total number of road deaths is falling, the number of fatalities among scooter and motorcycle riders is not. 8 moped riders died during the first half of this year, double the number that did during the first six months of last year. Among motorcycle riders, the number of deaths rose from 20 to 28.
The number of accidents also fell by 4.4%. Nationwide there were 17,157 road accidents during in the first six months of the year. A small proportion of these accidents involved an electric scooter. The number of accidents involving scooters fell in Brussels from 267 to 225. However, the number of scooter accidents in the other two regions (from 100 to 110 in Wallonia, from 382 to 388 in Flanders). Vias says that this is “Proof that this means of transport is now widespread and no longer confined to Brussels”.