Overview
- Official figures show 1,310 road deaths in January–June 2025, down 6.8% from 1,406 a year earlier, yet 2024 still recorded 3,030 fatalities, virtually unchanged from 2023.
- Italy ranks 19th in the EU with 51 road deaths per million inhabitants, falling short of the reduction pace needed to meet the 2030 halving target.
- The Transport Ministry set a November 30 deadline for a national autovelox census, warning that devices not reported will be deemed illegitimate and switched off.
- No speed cameras have formal homologation because criteria were never defined, and the Court of Cassation continues to annul fines; a March decree to regularize devices was withdrawn.
- Experts warn many guardrails were designed to outdated 1990s standards unsuited to heavier modern vehicles, while victim groups urge authorization of alternative calming technologies, dynamic speed control and broader education campaigns.