The road accident figures in Turkey continued to rise in 2025, coinciding with the increase in the number of vehicles on the road, according to the latest data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), which shows that in 2025 a total of 1,549,574 traffic accidents were recorded on the country’s road network, in which 6,035 people died and more than 403,000 were injured.
The TÜİK report indicates that, of the total accidents recorded, 1,261,253 resulted in property damage only, while 288,321 resulted in fatalities or injuries. As a result of these accidents, 2,541 people died at the scene of the accident, and another 3,494 died within the following 30 days after being transported to medical facilities due to the injuries they sustained. Thus, in 2025, Turkey recorded a daily average of 789.9 accidents resulting in deaths or injuries, resulting in an average of 16.5 fatalities and 1,106 injured per day on Turkish roads.
While compared to 2024, the number of vehicles in Türkiye increased by 7.4% last year, the total number of accidents rose by 7.3%; at the same time, accidents involving casualties increased by 8%, accidents involving property damage by 7.1%, and the number of injured by 4.9%. In contrast, the total number of traffic accident fatalities decreased by 5%.
By vehicle type, the highest fatality rates were among motorcycle riders: in 2025, 1,334 motorcycle drivers and 191 passengers died. As for cars, 1,002 drivers and 1,063 passengers died.
Pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists account for 44% of traffic accident deaths
Data on so-called vulnerable road users — pedestrians, motorcyclists, cyclists, and electric scooter riders — is also striking. Within this group, 2,680 people died last year and 183,840 were injured, representing no less than 44.4% of all deaths and 45.5% of injured recorded in traffic accidents during 2025 in Turkey. Specifically, among the group of vulnerable road users, pedestrians accounted for 45% of the deaths with a total of 1,205 fatalities, while motorcycle riders — with 1,334 fatalities — accounted for approximately half of the deaths in this group.
When examining the data by age group, 52% of traffic accident deaths in Turkey in 2025 occurred among people aged 25 to 64; those aged 65 and older ranked second, accounting for 21.8%, followed by the 18- to 24-year-old group (16.2%) and those under 18 (9.9%). A similar trend was observed among those injured: 55.5% were in the 25–64 age group, while 18.8% were aged 0–17, 17.5% were aged 18–24, and 8.2% were aged 65 or older.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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