A total of 1 million 314 thousand 136 traffic accidents occurred on the road network in 2023. Of these accidents, 1 million 79 thousand 65 were traffic accidents with material damage and 235 thousand 71 were traffic accidents with fatal injuries. Of the traffic accidents involving death or injury, 83.1% occurred within the settlement and 16.9% occurred outside the settlement.
Turkish Statistical Institute published road traffic accident statistics for 2023.
In 2023, a total of 1 million 314 thousand 136 traffic accidents occurred on the road network in Turkey. Of these accidents, 1 million 79 thousand 65 were material damage accidents and 235 thousand 71 were fatal and injury accidents. While 83.1% of accidents involving death or injury occurred within the settlement, 16.9% occurred outside the settlement.
6 thousand 548 people lost their lives and 350 thousand 855 people were injured In 235 thousand 71 traffic accidents involving death or injury in Turkey in 2023, 2 thousand 984 people died at the scene of the accident and 3 thousand 564 people died within 30 days after being hospitalized. On average, 644 accidents involving death or injury, 18 deaths and 961 injuries occurred daily.
Total number of deaths in accidents increased by 25.2% compared to the previous year In 2023, while the number of motor vehicles in traffic in Turkey increased by 8.5%, the total number of accidents increased by 6.6%, the number of accidents with fatalities and injuries by 19.2%, the number of accidents with property damage by 4.2%, the total number of deaths by 25.2% and the number of injured by 21.5%.
While the number of motor vehicles registered to traffic in Turkey was 17 million 33 thousand 413 in 2012, it increased to 28 million 740 thousand 492 in 2023. The number of traffic accidents involving death and injury increased from 153 thousand 552 in 2012 to 235 thousand 71 in 2023. Thus, while the rate of traffic accidents with fatalities and injuries per thousand vehicles was 9.0 in 2012, it became 8.2 in 2023.
The highest number of deaths and injuries in Istanbul and the lowest number of deaths in Tunceli When analyzed by provinces, the highest number of deaths and injuries was observed in Istanbul with 347 deaths and 32 thousand 452 injuries; the lowest number of deaths and injuries was in Tunceli with five deaths and the lowest number of injuries was in Ardahan with 304 injuries.
83.1% of traffic accidents occurred within the settlement. 195 thousand 321 of 235 thousand 71 accidents involving death or injury occurred within the settlement and 39 thousand 750 accidents occurred outside the settlement. 55.3% of traffic accident deaths and 77.3% of traffic accident injuries occurred in residential areas.
In 2023, 45.5% of those killed in traffic accidents were drivers, 32.3% were passengers and 22.2% were pedestrians. Of those killed, 75.1% were men and 24.9% were women; of those injured, 68.7% were men and 31.3% were women.
For vulnerable road users, there were 2,610 deaths and 130,909 injuries in 2023. Pedestrians accounted for 22.2% of total fatalities, while motorcycle riders accounted for 15.5%. Motorcycle riders accounted for 22.8% of the injured, while pedestrians accounted for 11.6%.
When deaths were analyzed by age groups, 0-17 age group accounted for 10.1% of total deaths, 18-24 age group accounted for 13.6%, 25-64 age group accounted for 56.3%, 65 and over age group accounted for 20.0%.
When injuries were analyzed by age groups, 0-17 age group accounted for 17.8%, 18-24 age group 21.5%, 25-64 age group 53.9%, 65 years and over 6.8% of total injuries.
According to the number of vehicles involved in accidents, 52.4% of deaths occurred in single-vehicle accidents, 40.4% in two-vehicle accidents and 7.2% in multi-vehicle accidents. Injuries occurred in 53.3% two-vehicle, 39.2% one-vehicle and 7.5% multi-vehicle accidents. Among fatal injury accidents, 51.8% were two-vehicle accidents, 42.2% were single-vehicle accidents and 6.0% were multi-vehicle accidents.
In 2023, 48.5% of 389 thousand 362 vehicles involved in traffic accidents involving death or injury were automobiles, 23.8% were motorcycles, 14.0% were vans, 2.4% were minibuses, 2.3% were bicycles, 2.3% were tow trucks, 1.9% were trucks, 1.7% were buses, 0.8% were tractors and 2.4% were other vehicles.
Driver defects ranked first with 89.0%. 89.0% of the total 317,510 defects causing traffic accidents involving death or injury in 2023 were caused by drivers, 8.3% by pedestrians, 1.5% by vehicles, 0.7% by passengers and 0.4% by roads.
Of the fatal injury accidents, 65.9% occurred during daytime, 31.8% at night and 2.3% at dusk.
Most fatal injury accidents occurred in July In 2023, 10.3% of fatal injury accidents occurred in July and 5.0% in February. According to the days of the week, the most accidents occurred on Fridays with 15.0% and the least accidents occurred on Wednesdays with 13.8%.
