See data from the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (Into), a reference center for orthopedics. In both 2023 and 2024, 64% of cases of patients who were victims of traffic accidents involved motorcycles.
This was followed by pedestrian accidents (15% in 2023 and 2024), car accidents (13% in 2023 and 11% in 2024), and bicycle accidents (8% in 2023 and 10% in 2024). “Behind each number is a story of interrupted and transformed lives, which is why we need to put prevention at the center of the transport conversation,” said José Paulo Gabi, the institute’s general director.
Into warned that when comparing 2023 and 2024, the overall number of road accidents increased, from 25% to 30% of the total number of patients treated by the institute.
In fact, according to the Violence Atlas 2025, which published data on road violence for the first time, the country recorded 34,881 deaths on land transport in 2023, an increase of 2.9% from the previous year. The proportion of these fatal accidents involving motorcycles was 38.6%, an increase of 12.5% compared to 2022.
Additionally, the Rio Fire Department recorded 215 accidents related to e-bikes from January to September 2025, compared to 112 in the same period in 2024, an increase of about 91%.
The new president of the Superior Labor Court, Luis Philippe Vieira de Mello Filho, worked with Congress to regulate the work of app drivers. For example, he believes that compensation for delivery times is unreasonable. This is one of the reasons for accidents, because the faster the driver, the more money he earns.
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