{"id":192607,"date":"2026-08-27T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=192607"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:31:22","slug":"vias-cars-get-safer-bicycles-dont-half-of-seriously-injured-are-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/08\/27\/vias-cars-get-safer-bicycles-dont-half-of-seriously-injured-are-cyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"Vias: \u2018Auto\u2019s worden veiliger, fietsen niet: de helft van de ernstig gewonden zijn fietsers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024 werden in Belgi\u00eb 13.581 verkeersslachtoffers na een verkeersongeval in het ziekenhuis opgenomen.\u00a0<\/span>Van deze slachtoffers raakten 3.232 mensen ernstig gewond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dat zijn er 7% minder dan in 2023 en 17% minder dan in 2016, terwijl het totale aantal ziekenhuisopnames met 17% is gedaald. De cijfers zijn afkomstig uit een nieuw rapport dat is gepubliceerd door <\/span>Vias, het Belgische instituut voor verkeersveiligheid.<\/p>\n

Uit de nieuwe Vias-analyse van ziekenhuisgegevens blijkt dat fietsers inmiddels bijna de helft uitmaken van alle ernstig gewonde verkeersslachtoffers in Belgi\u00eb, terwijl het aantal ernstige verwondingen onder inzittenden van auto\u2019s sterk is gedaald.<\/p>\n

In 2016 waren fietsers goed voor 37% van het totale aantal ernstige slachtoffers in Belgi\u00eb. In 2024 waren zij goed voor 49%, oftewel ongeveer \u00e9\u00e9n op de twee. Het aantal ziekenhuisopnames van inzittenden van auto\u2019s is sinds 2016 met maar liefst 43% gedaald, hoewel het aantal ernstige verwondingen in 2024 met 3% is gestegen. Het aantal ernstige verwondingen bij bestuurders van gemotoriseerde tweewielers daalde in \u00e9\u00e9n jaar tijd met 22%.<\/p>\n

Dode hoek<\/h4>\n

Het rapport legt ook een grote blinde vlek in de gangbare ongevallenstatistieken bloot: volgens Vias lag het aantal verkeersslachtoffers dat in het ziekenhuis werd opgenomen vier keer hoger dan het aantal dat in de ongevallendatabase van de politie als ernstig gewond was geregistreerd. Bijna negen op de tien slachtoffers die in het ziekenhuis werden opgenomen, brachten daar minstens \u00e9\u00e9n nacht door.<\/p>\n

De grootste verschuiving doet zich voor tussen auto\u2019s en fietsen. Het aantal ernstige verwondingen onder inzittenden van auto\u2019s daalde tussen 2016 en 2024 met 37%. Onder fietsers steeg het aantal ernstige verwondingen met 21%, van 1.307 naar 1.588.<\/p>\n

Vergrijzing wordt steeds meer een onderdeel van het verkeersveiligheidsprobleem. Mensen in de leeftijdscategorie 40-64 jaar zijn verantwoordelijk voor 37% van alle ernstige verwondingen, terwijl 65-plussers goed zijn voor nog eens 30%. Meer dan de helft van de ernstige verwondingen in beide leeftijdsgroepen betreft fietsers. In beide groepen is meer dan de helft van de ernstig gewonden een fietser.<\/p>\n

Sinds 2016 is het aantal ernstige verwondingen onder 65-plussers met 6% gestegen, terwijl de situatie bij de meeste jongere leeftijdsgroepen is verbeterd. Maar onder weggebruikers van 65 jaar en ouder is het aantal ernstige verwondingen met 6% toegenomen. Dat is een van de weinige leeftijdsgroepen waar de trend de verkeerde kant op gaat.<\/p>\n

Gevaarlijke combinatie<\/h4>\n

Er werden minstens 43% ernstig gewonde fietsers geregistreerd die een ongeval hadden gehad zonder dat er een andere weggebruiker bij betrokken was. Veiliger fietsen draait dus niet alleen om het scheiden van fietsen en auto\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Wegdekken, stoepranden, paaltjes, het ontwerp van fietspaden, de stabiliteit van fietsen en snelheid worden allemaal belangrijk, vooral nu de bevolking vergrijst en mensen dankzij e-bikes verder en sneller kunnen fietsen. De combinatie \u2013 vergrijzing + meer fietsen + toenemend gebruik van e-bikes \u2013 zal waarschijnlijk steeds belangrijker worden.<\/p>\n

Pas sinds 2024 kunnen e-bikes afzonderlijk worden ge\u00efdentificeerd in de Belgische ziekenhuisgegevens. Zij waren goed voor 13% van de ernstig gewonde fietsers, maar Vias waarschuwt dat het werkelijke aandeel waarschijnlijk hoger ligt, omdat het type fiets vaak niet correct wordt geregistreerd.<\/p>\n

Belgi\u00eb en de buurlanden<\/h4>\n

Belgi\u00eb is niet het enige land waar deze ongevallentrend zich voordoet. In Nederland is deze trend het sterkst. SWOV, het Nederlandse Nationaal Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor Onderzoek naar Verkeersveiligheid,\u00a0<\/span>Volgens berekeningen liepen in 2022 bijna 5.500 fietsers ernstige verwondingen op, wat neerkomt op ongeveer 70% van alle ernstig gewonde weggebruikers. In Belgi\u00eb begint zich een patroon van verwondingen af te tekenen dat vergelijkbaar is met dat in Nederland.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Frankrijk is dezelfde trend waarneembaar, zij het in mindere mate. Ook Duitsland noteerde in 2024 het laagste aantal ernstig gewonde weggebruikers sinds het begin van de registratie in 1991, maar er raakten nog steeds 13.919 fietsers ernstig gewond, terwijl bijna tweederde van de omgekomen fietsers 65 jaar of ouder was.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Luxemburg is het aantal verkeersdoden drastisch gedaald, maar het aantal mensen dat op nationaal niveau als ernstig gewond wordt aangemerkt, is min of meer op hetzelfde niveau gebleven \u2014 er is dus in feite geen verbetering.<\/p>\n

De trend is in alle drie de landen vergelijkbaar: het veiligheidsniveau van inzittenden van auto\u2019s neemt toe, terwijl kwetsbare weggebruikers, met name oudere fietsers, een steeds groter aandeel vormen in de resterende letsellast.<\/p>\n

Het \u2018All for Zero\u2019-plan<\/h4>\n

Het goede nieuws is dat er voor 2023 en 2024 weer een dalende trend te zien is na het herstel na de coronacrisis. Het slechte nieuws is dat Belgi\u00eb nog lang niet in de buurt komt van zijn doelstelling voor 2030. De verbetering in Belgi\u00eb is re\u00ebel, maar onvoldoende.<\/p>\n

De federale doelstelling, het federale \u201eAll for Zero\u201c-plan, is een afname van het aantal ernstige verwondingen met 50% tegen 2030 ten opzichte van 2019. Vias berekent dat het aantal ernstige verwondingen tussen 2024 en 2030 nog eens met 44% zou moeten dalen.<\/p>\n

De Belgische verkeersveiligheid slaagt er aanzienlijk sneller in om dodelijke ongevallen te voorkomen dan om invaliditeit te voorkomen. En het zwaartepunt verschuift van autobezetters naar fietsers, met name fietsers van middelbare leeftijd en oudere fietsers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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