Greece achieved the second-largest reduction in road deaths across the European Union in 2025, according to official road safety data published by the European Commission on Tuesday, 24 March.
The country recorded a 22% decrease in fatalities, significantly outperforming the EU average reduction of just 3%, placing Greece behind only Estonia in overall improvement. The figures confirmed substantial progress in road safety, as Greece reported 517 deaths in 2025 compared with 665 in 2024, marking the largest decline in traffic fatalities in its history and the lowest figure since 1963.
Authorities attributed the sharp reduction to a comprehensive road safety strategy implemented across multiple ministries. Measures included stricter traffic regulations, intensified and targeted checks by the Hellenic Police, the use of digital monitoring technologies, and expanded safe mobility alternatives.
Additional initiatives included 24-hour public transport services on Saturday nights, infrastructure upgrades and the delivery of safer road networks, such as the Patras–Pyrgos motorway, as well as public awareness campaigns aimed at improving driver behaviour.
Christos Dimas stressed that reducing road fatalities remained a national priority, highlighting the importance of infrastructure upgrades, institutional reforms, enforcement measures and improved driving culture in achieving measurable results.
He noted that the operation of the Patras–Pyrgos motorway and targeted road safety interventions had already delivered measurable benefits, while similar measures were underway on the Northern Road Axis of Crete (VOAK) until the new motorway is completed. Authorities have already carried out safety works at five high-risk locations, with additional interventions planned. The E65 motorway is also expected to open to traffic soon.
Deputy Minister of Transport Konstantinos Kyranakis said government measures had produced tangible results, citing the new Highway Code, stricter policing, expanded public transport hours, new motorways, digital traffic enforcement through cameras, cooperation with victims’ associations and targeted awareness campaigns.
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nikos Tachiaos described the Commission’s findings as impressive, noting that the modernisation and timely completion of road sections previously considered highly dangerous contributed significantly to the reduction in accidents and fatalities.
He emphasised that infrastructure projects completed under the governments of Kyriakos Mitsotakis strengthened both economic development and road safety, while stricter traffic laws, enforcement, light safety interventions and improved road education would support further reductions in accidents.
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