Editing Transport in Romania (section)

==Roads and automotive transport==
[[Image:Romania-drumuri.svg|thumb|400px|right|Romania's road network]]
[[Image:Speed_Limit_in_Romania.png|thumb|400px|right|Speed Limits in Romania based on road type and vehicle category]]
{{Main|Roads in Romania}}

According to the [[CIA Factbook]], in 2022 Romania had a total road network of  85,387&nbsp;km, ranking 59 in the world.<ref name="cia">{{Cite web |title=Romania |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/romania/#transportation |access-date=20 October 2022 |website=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> 

Romania's [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|National Institute of Statistics]] (INS) 2022 transport report stated that total road network is 86,336 km: 41,653&nbsp;km (48,2%) modernized roads (94,1% with asphalt [[Road surface|pavements]] of heavy/medium type and 5.9% with [[Road surface#Concrete|concrete]]), 20,956 &nbsp;km (24.3%) with light [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] road clothing, 15,713&nbsp;km (18,2%) [[Pavers (flooring)|stone]] paving (such as [[Sett (paving)|sett paving]] or [[cobblestone]] roads) and  8,014 &nbsp;km (9,3%) [[dirt roads]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/lungimea_cailor_de_transport_la_sfarsitul_anului_2022_1.pdf | title=Lungimea căilor de transport la sfârşitul anului 2022 | language=ro | trans-title=Length of transport routes at the end of 2022 | website=insse.ro}}</ref>

===Motorways===
{{main|Highways in Romania}}
Motorways are identified by A followed by a number. As of December 2024, Romania has 1,217.77&nbsp;km of highway completed with more under planning or construction. In recent years, a master plan for the national motorway network has been developed and approved by the European Commission in July 2015.

Currently the [[A1 motorway (Romania)|A1 motorway]], part of the northern branch of the Pan European IV Corridor, is open on 456&nbsp;km. Under construction are the segments [[Curtea de Argeș]]—[[Pitești]] (30&nbsp;km). [[Margina]]—[[Holdea]] (13&nbsp;km) and [[Boița]]—[[Curtea de Argeș]] (73&nbsp;km) have yet to start construction. It has a total length of 576&nbsp;km.

The [[A2 motorway (Romania)|A2 motorway]] was the first motorway in Romania opened on all its segments, with a length of 205&nbsp;km. It links Bucharest to [[Constanța]] (junction with A4)

The [[A3 motorway (Romania)|A3 motorway]], which is the largest motorway project in Eastern Europe with a length of 588&nbsp;km from [[Bucharest]] to [[Oradea]] (near the Hungarian border), is open on 173&nbsp;km. The segment [[Chețani]]—[[Câmpia Turzii]] (15.7&nbsp;km) is under construction. All segments between [[Nădășelu]] and Oradea have been tendered by the end of 2020. The remaining sections are still in the planned phase.

The [[A4 motorway (Romania)|A4 motorway]] is operational on 22&nbsp;km, from [[Ovidiu]] to [[Agigea]] (also known as the [[Constanța]] bypass). Another 45&nbsp;km are planned, from Agigea to [[Vama Veche]] (at the border with [[Bulgaria]]).

The [[A6 motorway (Romania)|A6 motorway]] is also part of the Pan European IV Corridor, but near [[Lugoj]] it starts as the southern branch, that connects the cities of [[Sofia]], [[Istanbul]] and [[Athens]]. It has a length of 270&nbsp;km, of which 11.4&nbsp;km between A1 and Lugoj bypass are open.

The [[A7 motorway (Romania)|A7 motorway]] starts from the A3 (near [[Ploiești]]), linking it to the region of Moldavia and further to the Ukrainian border. From its planned 450&nbsp;km, 16&nbsp;km are open near [[Bacău]], which serve as the bypass for that city.

The [[A10 motorway (Romania)|A10 motorway]] is the first motorway which links two motorways in Romania: A1 (near [[Sebeș]]) and A3 (near [[Turda]]). It has 70&nbsp;km, and since 2021, it has been operational on its entire length.

The [[A11 motorway (Romania)|A11 motorway]] is a 135&nbsp;km motorway, the second to connect A1 with A3 this time between [[Arad, Romania|Arad]] and Oradea, of which a 2.4&nbsp;km stretch near Arad called the Arad bypass is open.

===Statistics===
According to the Romanian "Direcţia Regim Permise de Conducere şi Înmatriculare a Vehiculelor", in 2017 there were 7,635,000 vehicles (of which 1,320,230 in Bucharest),<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 February 2018 |title=DRPCIV: Parcul auto naţional a crescut cu aproape 9% în 2017 şi a depăşit 7,63 de milioane de autovehicule |language=ro |work=Agerpres |url=https://www.agerpres.ro/economic-intern/2018/02/04/drpciv-parcul-auto-national-a-crescut-cu-aproape-9-in-2017-si-a-depasit-7-63-de-milioane-de-autovehicule--49032 |url-status=live |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123623/https://www.agerpres.ro/economic-intern/2018/02/04/drpciv-parcul-auto-national-a-crescut-cu-aproape-9-in-2017-si-a-depasit-7-63-de-milioane-de-autovehicule--49032 |archive-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and 8,900,000 in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gubandru |first=Cristian |date=12 January 2020 |title=Parcul auto din Romania va depasi 9 milioane de masini anul acesta |url=https://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Auto/248775/parcul-auto-din-romania-va-depasi-pragul-de-9-milioane-de-autovehicule-anul-acesta.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054124/https://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Auto/248775/parcul-auto-din-romania-va-depasi-pragul-de-9-milioane-de-autovehicule-anul-acesta.html |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=9 September 2020 |website=Wall-Street |language=ro}}</ref> It is estimated that by 2021 there will be more than 10 million registered cars in Romania.<ref name=":0" />

In 2016 62% of road fatalities occurred in urban area,<ref name="ReferenceA">European Commission, Traffic Safety Basic Facts on Urban Areas, European Commission, Directorate General for Transport, June 2018</ref> Romania has 1189 fatalities in urban area, that is 60 killed in urban area per million inhabitants, or  {{#expr:60/19 round 1}} times more than EU average of 19. This makes Romania the EU member state with the most fatalities per million population, {{#expr:(60/42)*100-100 round 1}}% more fatalities than the second country, Hungary.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>