What the Data Shows
Road fatality rates are compared across Greece’s 13 regions for 2023. The measure is people killed in road accidents per million inhabitants. Ionian Islands ranks first at 120 deaths per million, narrowly ahead of South Aegean at 119. Western Macedonia records the lowest rate at 44 deaths per million.
Data table
Unit: deaths per million residents · Period: 2023
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Ionian Islands | 120 | 2023 |
| 2 | South Aegean | 119 | 2023 |
| 3 | Peloponnese | 90 | 2023 |
| 4 | Epirus | 84 | 2023 |
| 5 | Thessaly | 72 | 2023 |
| 6 | Western Greece | 69 | 2023 |
| 7 | Central Greece | 69 | 2023 |
| 8 | Eastern Macedonia & Thrace | 68 | 2023 |
| 9 | North Aegean | 65 | 2023 |
| 10 | Crete | 55 | 2023 |
| 11 | Attica | 51 | 2023 |
| 12 | Central Macedonia | 51 | 2023 |
| 13 | Western Macedonia | 44 | 2023 |
Sources
Source 1: Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2025 — Transport
Publisher: Eurostat
Dataset/table: Road fatalities by Greek region
Units: deaths per million inhabitants
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Provides 2023 road fatalities per million inhabitants for all 13 Greek NUTS 2 regions.
Data notes & caveats
The unit is deaths per million inhabitants. Regional names are translated into reader-facing English while the official source labels and NUTS codes remain in source details.
Methodology
Greek NUTS 2 regions are ranked by Eurostat's road fatalities per million inhabitants for 2023. The comparison uses Eurostat’s regional rates directly; it does not treat the selected regions as a denominator.
Source consistency notes
All rows use the same Eurostat regional source, 2023 period, NUTS 2 geography and unit.
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