Malta has 'safest roads' in the EU

Malta has the safest roads in the EU, according to EU data. Malta cut its road fatalities by nearly half in just a year. It also had the lowest rate of fatalities in the EU in 2012, reporting 26 deaths per million inhabitants, according to the annual road safety statistics – which detail the number of fatal road accidents across the 27 EU member states. The average in the EU stood at 55 deaths per million inhabitants, a decrease of nine per cent over 2011. Malta has held the enviable record in this area particularly because it has no highways and due to its small road network, where speed is under ‘natural’ control. However, the 2012 statistics show that Malta cut its road fatalities by nearly half in a year.