Road injuries in Brussels fall by 20%

The first half of 2026 saw a 20% drop in the number of people injured on Brussels’ roads compared to the same period last year, according to new figures released by Brussels Mobility.

This means Brussels has recorded its lowest number of road casualties in the past five years.

“This is encouraging, but we’re not there yet,” mobility minister Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) told Bruzz.

“The goal remains to have no serious injuries or fatalities by 2030. To achieve this, we must continue to work on many fronts simultaneously: major and minor roadworks, lower speed limits, safer streets and school zones, targeted enforcement and public awareness campaigns. 

"No single measure is sufficient on its own. It’s this combination that saves lives, together with the local authorities, civil society, the police and the public prosecutor’s office. We will not give up."

The number of seriously injured people has also fallen by more than a third.

“The latest figures on road accidents in Brussels show an encouraging trend in the first half of 2026,” Brussels Mobility said. 

The decline is evident among almost all road users. The number of injured pedestrians fell by 20%, injured cyclists by 15%, and scooter users by 35%.

The number of injured drivers of motorised two-wheelers (mopeds and motorbikes) has also fallen by 17%, and the number of injured car passengers by 13%. 

In most of these categories, the number of recorded injuries in 2026 stands at its lowest level of the past five years.

The trend in the most serious accidents is also positive. Some 82 people were seriously injured in road traffic accidents in Brussels, a 34% decrease compared with last year.

The comparison with 2025 may be somewhat skewed, Brussels Mobility conceded, as that was a year with an exceptionally high number of seriously injured people and road deaths in the capital.

But the number of seriously injured people in the first half of 2026 is also slightly lower than it was in 2023 and 2024.

Figures for road deaths in Brussels are also improving - between January and June, there were four road deaths.

“This is a more favourable result than in most previous years,” Brussels Mobility said. “Although, of course, every fatality is one too many.”

Last year, there were a total of 20 road deaths in Brussels, double the figure for 2024.