Estimated number of people highly annoyed and highly sleep disturbed by noise from road, rail and aircraft traffic based on 2017 baseline, 2022 and 2030 zero pollution target, EU-27
Chart (interactive)
The figure shows the progress towards the zero pollution target on noise based on the number of people highly annoyed nd highly sleep disturbed by noise for road, rail and air traffic based on 2017 baseline and strategic noise maps 2022. High annoyance and high sleep disturbance are calculated based on the exposure-response functions outlined in the WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region and WHO source-specifc recommended noise levels.
European Environment AgencyETC Human health and the environment (ETC HE) Ineris
Units
Number of people suffering high annoyance and high sleep disturbance due to noise from road, rail and aircraft traffic (millions) strarting at WHO recommended levels: 53dB during the day-evening-night period and 45dB during the night for Road, 54dB during the day-evening-night period and 44dB during the night for rail and 45dB during the day-evening-night period and 40dB during the night for aircraft.
Additional information
It covers population exposed in EU-27 to noise sources such as roads with more than 3 million vehicle passages a year, railways with more than 30,000 train passages per year and airports with more than 50,000 aircraft movements per year, as well as all roads, railways, and airports in urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
