Road accidents up in 2023 but fewer deaths, ACI-Istat

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 25 - A reported 3,039 people died in road accidents in Italy in 2023, down 3.8% on the previous year, according to data released by national statistics institute Istat and Italian Automobile Club (ACI) on Thursday.
    A reported 224,634 people were injured in road accidents, up 0.5% compared to the previous year, Istat and ACI said.
    Overall, road accidents were 166,525, up 0.4%.
    Although the number of accidents and injuries was slightly higher than in 2022, fatalities decreased, according to the data.
    Compared to 2019, the benchmark for the 2021-2030 decade, accidents shrank by 3.3%, road victims by 4.2% and the injured by 6.9%.
    The social cost of road accidents leading to injuries was nearly 18 billion euros in 2023, or 1% of national GDP, the report said. (ANSA).