Belgiumin MapsOfficial Belgian data, explained
Road accidents by municipality in Belgium (2025)
This page maps Road accidents for one nationally comparable 2025 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Road safety
What this indicator measures
Road accidents
Additive count from Statbel field MS_ACCT; zero is retained as data.
Count. Road accidents
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2025
- Geography
- municipalities
- Measure
- Count
- Unit
- accidents
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 35accidents
- Unweighted area mean
- 65accidents
- Minimum
- 0accidents
- Maximum
- 2,840accidents
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 35 accidents. Values extend from 0 to 2,840 accidents. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 0–16110 areas
- 16–27112 areas
- 27–43112 areas
- 43–79117 areas
- 79–2,840114 areas
Categories
Distribution by official map class
| Value | Areas | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 0–16 | 110 | |
| 16–27 | 112 | |
| 27–43 | 112 | |
| 43–79 | 117 | |
| 79–2,840 | 114 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Position | # | Area | Official code | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 1 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 2,840 accidents |
| Highest | 2 | Gent | 44021 | 1,274 accidents |
| Highest | 3 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 1,264 accidents |
| Highest | 4 | Liège | 62063 | 764 accidents |
| Highest | 5 | Charleroi | 52011 | 634 accidents |
| Highest | 6 | Brugge | 31005 | 541 accidents |
| Highest | 7 | Sint-Niklaas | 46021 | 459 accidents |
| Highest | 8 | Anderlecht | 21001 | 416 accidents |
| Highest | 9 | Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht | 46030 | 383 accidents |
| Highest | 10 | Leuven | 24062 | 370 accidents |
| Lowest | 565 | Herstappe | 73028 | 0 accidents |
| Lowest | 564 | Mesen | 33016 | 1 accidents |
| Lowest | 561 | Rouvroy | 85047 | 3 accidents |
| Lowest | 561 | Spiere-Helkijn | 34043 | 3 accidents |
| Lowest | 561 | Bever | 23009 | 3 accidents |
| Lowest | 556 | Meix-devant-Virton | 85024 | 4 accidents |
| Lowest | 556 | Daverdisse | 84016 | 4 accidents |
| Lowest | 556 | Rendeux | 83044 | 4 accidents |
| Lowest | 556 | Donceel | 64023 | 4 accidents |
| Lowest | 556 | Baarle-Hertog | 13002 | 4 accidents |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Classification breaks and colours come from the catalogue, and source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
The source code domain matches the official boundary snapshot used by the map.
Read the methodologySources, licence and provenance
Sources, licence and provenance
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0