EUROPE'S most dangerous countries to get behind the wheel have been revealed.

And British roads have been recognised as the safest to drive on.

2 Romania was the most dangerous place to drive in Europe

A report conducted by the European Commission found that Romania had the most dangerous roads out of 28 EU member countries.

The central European country had the highest number of road deaths per one million people, with a fatality rate of 96.

Bulgaria and Latvia were the next most risky regions to drive in with 88 and 78 accidents per million people, respectively.

Croatia (77), Poland (76) and Hungary (64) also came in with high fatality rates.

2 The UK was Europe's safest country to drive in 2018, with just 28 deaths per one million people Credit: Alamy Live News

But the study found the UK had the fewest deaths of any EU member state, with 28 deaths per one million people.

Denmark and Ireland were the next safest countries for drivers to get behind the wheel, with just 30 and 31 fatalities per one million people.

More than 25,000 deaths were recorded on EU roads last year, a one per cent decrease from last year.

The figures come after an announcement that all new cars in the EU will be fitted with a device to stop people from driving over the speed limit by 2022.

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Antonio Avenoso, executive director of the European Transport Safety Council, said: "It’s very disappointing that road deaths in the EU hardly declined in 2018.

"This is now the fifth year in a row that hardly any progress has been made. However there are reasons to be optimistic for the future.

"EU member states will have to take bold action: increasing levels of enforcement, taking meaningful steps to address speeding, drink/drug driving and distraction and ensuring that vulnerable road users get the safe infrastructure they need, particularly in our towns and cities.

"Tackling road safety issues can lead to controversy, which social media now has a tendency to magnify and distort. But the deaths of 70 people every day or 500 people every week on EU roads cannot be ignored."