A total of 11 people died in Malta and Gozo in 2025 after falling from a height or in other workplace accidents, statistics kept by The Malta Independent show. One of the 11 was crushed between machinery and cargo inside a shipping container and another was electrocuted while working in Għajn Tuffieħa. Six of the victims of falls were foreign nationals
In 2025, 11 of the 17 water-related fatalities in the country occurred in Gozo and Comino, the majority of whom died from drowning at sea. Fourteen people died at sea across Malta, Gozo and Comino, two in private swimming pools and one in a jacuzzi, while the year also saw the tragic deaths of three children. Seven fatalities were recorded in Gozo,
A total of 21 people lost their lives on Malta's roads in 2025, but the year was further overshadowed by two particularly tragic accidents beyond the island's shores, claiming six Maltese lives in separate road accidents in Sicily and Croatia. The 2025 death toll represents an increase on the previous two years, reversing a downward trend recorded