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In relation to the number of cars on the roads, the number of fatalities per million motor vehicles varied from as many as 337 in Greece, 244 in Belgium and 215 in Ireland to 129 in Sweden and 115 in the United Kingdom. By way of comparison, the number of fatalities per million motor vehicles was 149 in New Zealand, 184 in the United States, 160 in Canada, 138 in Australia and 125 in Japan. 2. 7% -- a deterioration which came on the heels of an improvement in 2002. As compared with 2000, the figure was up by more than 9%.
7%). In contrast, no network recorded sharp growth, if one disregards the case of the United Kingdom, which saw a brisk rise in passenger traffic volume (+3%), while the Portuguese network suffered a sharp decline. 6% in the number of passenger-kilometres carried on its network in 2003. In all, the number of passenger-kilometres travelled on the rail networks of Western Europe in 2003 shows an increase of over 50% since 1970. Since 1990, traffic had decreased only twice -- in 1993 and 2002, with 2003 bringing another year of decline.
3%) was particularly bad. − As regards the number of fatalities per million inhabitants, the situation also varied considerably from one country to another, the ratio being as high as 228 in Latvia, 203 in Lithuania and 146 in Poland, but no higher than 83 in Albania, 101 in FYR Macedonia and 57 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. − The above figures provide certain information on the relative degree of risk on roads in the various countries, but they are influenced significantly by the levels of car ownership in each one.