Road safety depends not only on how you drive, but where. The accident rate per thousand inhabitants varies enormously between towns: traffic, road quality, urban density and the presence of high-speed arteries draw a very uneven geography of risk.
The safest towns
The 15 safest towns (lowest accident rate)
Road accidents per 1,000 inhabitants — lowest values
The towns with the most accidents
At the opposite end, the towns with the highest accident rate are often crossed by major arteries or have heavy commuting, which pushes up the accidents-to-residents ratio.
The 15 towns with the most accidents (highest rate)
Road accidents per 1,000 inhabitants — highest values
The 3D accident map
Each municipality is a column proportional to its number of accidents — drag to rotate and spot the hotspots of the Italian road network.
3D map: road accidents by municipality
Height proportional to accidents — drag to rotate, scroll to zoom
Explore each municipality's accident data and compare up to 4 in the Compare section. Road safety is one dimension of quality of life — cross it with the other data for a full picture.