Fatal road accidents: the most dangerous Italian cities

The report Istat-Aci regarding road accidents in 2022, it reports an increase in the phenomenon on the previous year, an understandable trend considering that in 2021 there were still traffic restrictions relating to the pandemic, but a decrease compared to 2019, the last year with complete data available. The mortality rate nationally it was 5.4 dead per 100 thousand inhabitants, slightly down on 2019 (-0.4%). Now let’s analyze the situation relating to large municipalities, discovering which cities are safer and which are less.

+11.1% deaths in cities

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As regards the large municipalities, the road death rate is 4.2 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, therefore lower than the national average. The percentage change in deaths compared to 2019 is +11.1%, a significant increase. The figure for 2021 is +22.3%, but as already underlined, this year was characterized by traffic restrictions due to the pandemic. The large municipality with the highest mortality rate in 2022 was Messinawith 6.8 deaths per 100 thousand and an increase of 50% compared to 2019. Immediately behind another Sicilian city, Cataniawith 6.0 deaths (+20.0% on 2019) e Bologna5.9 in mortality rate and +27.8% on 2019.

off the “podium”

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In fourth position there is Romewith 5.5 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants (+14.5% on 2019), fifth Milan with 4.6 dead (+29.4 on 2019). Below we find Genoa (4.2 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, -30.4% on 2019), Turin (3.7 dead, +19.2%), Bari (3.5 dead, -8.3%), Venice (3.2 dead, +6.3%) e Palermo (3.0 dead, -26.9%). Below the threshold of 3 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants There are Florence (2.8 dead, +66.7%), Naples (2.5 dead, +4.5%), Trieste (2.2 dead, -37.5%) e Verona (2.1 dead, +6.3%). As regards the macro-areas of the country, in the North the mortality rate in 2022 was 5.4 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants (-5.5% on 2019), in the Center 6.0 deaths (+7.6% ) and in the South and on the Islands of 4.9 dead (+2.4%).