According to the road safety barometer of Vias institute based on data from the Federal Police, the number of fatalities on Belgian roads decreased by 22% last year compared to 2019. There were 484 deaths, or 134 fewer than in 2019. The number of injuries fell by 23%. In total there were 10,000 fewer injuries. Those declines are due to the corona measures that had a major impact on movements. Even with this decrease, the national target of halving the number of road deaths between 2010 and 2020 will not be achieved. We arrive at a decrease of 40%. There are also some trends that need to be closely monitored. In Flanders, for example, there was a slight increase in the number of bicycle fatalities and the severity of accidents on the motorways has never been so high in the last 10 years.
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