Bulgaria and Poland topped the infamous ranking. This is a list of countries where the work of truck drivers is the most dangerous, involving the highest probability of dying in an accident.
The ranking included data from the last 10 years, and to obtain more reliable results, the average annual number of deaths of truck drivers was converted by the size of the road network in a given country. And so there was a result, according to which the probability of dying in a fatal accident, behind the wheel of a truck, is the highest in Bulgaria. The danger coefficient there was 369 points and was much higher than in any other European country.
Unfortunately, Poland took the infamous second place. As you can see, the work of a truck driver is associated with a very high risk. Although it should be emphasized here that the Polish danger coefficient was 185 points, so it was twice as low as in Bulgaria and did not differ so much from the other countries in the ranking. This is where the Czech Republic and Romania appear (both countries with 162 points), Lithuania (155 points), Germany (143 points), Luxembourg (137 points), Slovakia (121 points), as well as Portugal and the United Kingdom (both countries with 118 points each). points). However, when it comes to the countries that are the safest for truck drivers, showing the fewest fatal accidents in terms of their road network, Denmark, Austria and Sweden were indicated here.
Interestingly, the report noted that up to 40 percent of fatal accidents occur to truck drivers on lower-category roads, leading through rural areas. As you can see, the ranking was not dominated only by typical motorway rear-end collisions. The creators of the ranking point out that such a large number of accidents on side roads should give the rulers food for thought. This is a clear signal that safety should be ensured not only on highways.
This report was developed and published by the British company SNAP, dealing with transport payment systems.
