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Bulgaria is the EU country with highest fatalities in road traffic accidents in passenger car category

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In the EU Bulgaria is country with highest fatalities in road traffic accidents in the passenger car category with 64 deaths per 1 million inhabitants in 2017, which is almost six times the lowest rate, that of Malta (11 deaths per 1 million inhabitants), data of Eurostat shows. In the EU an average of 23 fatalities per 1 million inhabitants were registered in the passenger car category in 2017.




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