Road Safety by Gender in the EU is highlighted at the Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2015 available at the European Road Safety Observatory of the European Commission. These Traffic Safety Basic Facts contain a comprehensive series of statistical tables with the latest available data from the CARE database of the European Commission.
The road fatality rate of males in 2013 was more than three times the respective female rate. A reduction of 45% in road fatalities in 2013 compared with 2004 is observed throughout the EU, however the proportion of male road fatalities did not change significantly.