Last year, 241 people lost their lives in a traffic accident and 4,002 people were seriously injured in Switzerland, according to the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO). The number of deaths was 20.5% higher than the year before and the number seriously injured was 55% higher than the previous 5-year average. The marked increase in the […]
Switzerland’s best drivers are in German-speaking cantons, says report
The insurance company AXA Winterthur took a database of the roughly 70,000 declared accidents that occur annually across Switzerland, and sorted them by canton to see which had the best driving record. The rate of reported accidents was highest in Italian-speaking Ticino, which was ranked last, just behind Basel-City and Geneva. Next from the bottom were Valais and Vaud. Higher […]
