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Accessibility Report

EU Website AccessibilityEAA / Web Accessibility Directive

2,774 European websites scanned for EN 301 549 compliance under the European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive. 86.9% failed.

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Sites Scanned

2,774

European domains

Fail Rate

86.9%

2,410 of 2,774 sites

Average Score

21

out of 100

Critical Violations

69%

1,913 sites

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Accessibility Score Distribution

64.9% of EU sites scored 0-10. Only 1.6% achieved 91-100.

Top 10 Violations

Ranked by occurrence across all 2,774 scans.

1

Public sector sites must publish an accessibility statement per WAD Article 7

eu-accessibility-statement

1,988serious
2

All page content should be contained by landmarks

region

1,896moderate
3

Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds

color-contrast

1,503serious
4

Links must have discernible text

link-name

1,299serious
5

All touch targets must be 24px large or leave sufficient space

target-size

1,007serious
6

Landmarks should have a unique role or accessible name combination

landmark-unique

985moderate
7

Heading levels should only increase by one

heading-order

778moderate
8

Images must have alternative text

image-alt

762critical
9

Buttons must have discernible text

button-name

665critical
10

Document should have one main landmark

landmark-one-main

648moderate

EU Jurisdiction-Specific Findings

71.9% of sites (1,995 of 2,774) had at least one EU-specific violation.

Public sector sites must publish an accessibility statement per WAD Article 7 (Directive 2016/2102). Private sector sites under EAA should publish compliance information.

eu-accessibility-statement

1,988

71.7% of sites

The page lang attribute must match the actual content language (EN 301 549 Section 11.1.1). A German site must declare lang="de", not lang="en".

eu-lang-mismatch

36

1.3% of sites

National Transpositions of the EAA

How EU member states have implemented the European Accessibility Act.

Germany

DE

Barrierefreiheitsstarkungsgesetz (BFSG)

France

FR

Loi n 2005-102; Decret n 2019-768 (RGAA 4.1)

Netherlands

NL

Tijdelijk besluit digitale toegankelijkheid overheid

Spain

ES

Real Decreto 1112/2018

Italy

IT

Legge 4/2004 (Legge Stanca); D.Lgs. 82/2022

Best Performers

mercedes-benz.de100/100
impots.gouv.fr100/100
aachen.de100/100
selection.faz.net100/100
jobs.zeit.de100/100

Worst Performers

auchan.fr12 violations
augsburg-tourismus.de7 violations
meeting.freiburg.de5 violations
legalexpatdesk.nl5 violations
nl.faz.net3 violations

Lighthouse Averages

Average Lighthouse scores across 2,765 audited sites.

78

Accessibility

56

Performance

81

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Source: Real scan data from OnePageAudit. 2,774 European websites scanned using axe-core 4.x and Lighthouse. EN 301 549 v3.2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA). Report by Palavir LLC.

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