India, Oct. 28 -- Sweden and Denmark have the safest roads in the European Union, according to Road safety statistics for 2025, released by the European Commission.

As per the final figures on road fatalities for 2025, a total of 19,350 deaths due to road crashes were reported. This represents a 3 percent decrease from 2024 and a 15 percent decrease from 2019, equivalent to 580 fewer deaths on European roads compared to 2024, and 3,400 fewer deaths compared to 2019.

Sweden recorded the least number of deaths due to road accidents, just 19 per million. Denmark comes second with 24 fatalities per million people.

Despite their progress since 2019, Bulgaria (71 per million), and Romania (68 per million), alongside Croatia (65 per million), c...