19,400
people killed on EU roads in 2025, preliminary figure
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Delta-V Europe (Stichting Delta-V Europe, in formation) is an independent foundation based in the Netherlands. It makes the evidence-based case for automated driving and works to bring it to every European road sooner. It publishes its research with methods and data, and lists every funder who gives more than €1,000 a year.
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Delta-V Europe (Stichting Delta-V Europe i.o.) is een onafhankelijke stichting, gevestigd in Nederland. De stichting onderbouwt met bewijs waarom geautomatiseerd rijden nodig is, en werkt eraan om het sneller op elke Europese weg te krijgen. Ze publiceert haar onderzoek met methoden en data, en maakt elke financier bekend die meer dan € 1.000 per jaar geeft.
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- Stichting Delta-V Europe
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- Foundation (stichting) in formation
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- The Netherlands
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- deltav-europe.eu
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- press@deltav-europe.eu
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- Delta-V Europe makes the evidence-based case for automated driving and works to bring it to every European road sooner.
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≈53 a day
deaths on EU roads at the 2025 rate, or one every 27 minutes
of deaths and injuries on EU roads are due to human error, according to the Commission
−92%
bodily-injury claims against human drivers, and −88% property-damage claims, over 25.3 million miles (40.7 million km) studied with Swiss Re
759
road deaths in the Netherlands in 2025, 84 more than in 2024; 281 of them were cyclists. From 2021 to 2025, 31% of cyclists killed did not collide with another road user or a fixed object
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