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List of countries by traffic-related death rate

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Death rates from road traffic accidents by country, per 100,000 inhabitants, world map (WHO 2019).[1][nb 1]
  fewer than 5
  5–10
  10–15
  15–20
  20–25
  25–30
  30–35
  35–40
  more than 40
  Data unavailable

This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in 2016.[2] That is, one person is killed every 26 seconds on average.

Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (seven percent of the world's population), have laws that address the five risk factors of speed, drunk driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints.[citation needed] Over a third of road traffic deaths in low- and middle-income countries are among pedestrians and cyclists. However, fewer than 35 percent of low- and middle-income countries have policies in place to protect these road users.[3] The average rate was 17.4 per 100,000 people. Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000.[3]

Seventy-four percent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for only 53 percent of the world's registered vehicles. In low-income countries it is even worse. Only one percent of the world's registered cars produce 16 percent of world's road traffic deaths. This indicates that these countries bear a disproportionately high burden of road traffic deaths relative to their level of motorization.[3]

In the United States, fatal crashes involving cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians are on the rise, offsetting the decrease in fatal crashes involving only passenger cars.[4] As a result, the overall reduction in fatal crashes from 1991 to 2021 is only 21%. In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991.[5]

There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between regions. The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000).[3]

Adults aged between 15 and 44 years account for 59 percent of global road traffic deaths. 77 percent of road deaths are males.[6]

The total fatalities figures comes from the WHO report (table A2, column point estimate, pp. 264–271) and are often an adjusted number of road traffic fatalities in order to reflect the different reporting and counting methods among the many countries (e.g., "a death after how many days since accident event is still counted as a road fatality?" (by international standard adjusted to a 30-day period), or "to compensate for under-reporting in some countries".[3]

List

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See also: List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

The table shows that the highest death tolls tend to be in African countries, and the lowest in European countries. The table first lists WHO geographic regions before alphabetically sorted countries.

Country/region Continent per
100,000
inhabitants[7][1] 		Total[7][1] Date[a]
Global 16.7 1,282,150 2019
Africa 27.2 297,087 2019
Eastern Mediterranean 17.8 126,958 2019
Western Pacific 16.4 317,393 2019
Southeast Asia 15.8 317,069 2019
Americas 15.3 154,780 2019
Europe 7.4 68,863 2019
 Afghanistan Asia 15.9 6,033 2019
 Albania Europe 11.7 337 2019
 Algeria Africa 20.9 8,996 2019
 Angola Africa 26.1 8,317 2019
 Antigua and Barbuda North America 0.0 0 2019
 Argentina South America 14.1 6,298 2019
 Armenia Europe 20.0 590 2019
 Australia Oceania 4.9 1,245 2019
 Austria Europe 4.9 436 2019
 Azerbaijan 6.7 676 2019
 Bahamas North America 7.7 30 2019
 Bahrain Asia 5.2 85 2019
 Bangladesh Asia 15.3 25,023 2019
 Barbados North America 8.2 23 2019
 Belarus Europe 7.6 722 2019
 Belgium Europe 5.8 666 2019
 Belize North America 22.6 88 2019
 Benin Africa 26.8 3,162 2019
 Bhutan Asia 16.2 123 2019
 Bolivia South America 21.1 2,430 2019
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 13.5 446 2019
 Botswana Africa 26.4 608 2019
 Brazil South America 16.0 33,871 2019
 Brunei Asia 7.5 32 2019
 Bulgaria Europe 9.2 647 2019
 Burkina Faso Africa 31.0 6,303 2019
 Burundi Africa 35.5 4,089 2019
 Cabo Verde Africa 26.8 147 2019
 Cambodia Asia 19.6 3,223 2019
 Cameroon Africa 30.2 7,810 2019
 Canada North America 5.3 1,998 2019
 Central African Republic Africa 37.7 1,790 2019
 Chad Africa 32.4 5,171 2019
 Chile South America 14.9 2,826 2019
 China Asia 17.4 250,272 2019
 Colombia South America 15.4 7,765 2019
 Comoros Africa 26.6 226 2019
 Congo Africa 29.7 1,598 2019
 Costa Rica North America 14.8 746 2019
 Croatia Europe 7.9 328 2019
 Cuba North America 8.9 1,007 2019
 Cyprus Asia 5.8 69 2019
 Czech Republic Europe 5.9 636 2019
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 34.9 30,256 2019
 Denmark Europe 3.7 213 2019
 Djibouti Africa 23.5 229 2019
 Dominican Republic North America 64.6 6,937 2019
 Ecuador South America 20.1 3,490 2019
 Egypt Africa 10.1 10,141 2019
 El Salvador North America 20.9 1,347 2019
 Equatorial Guinea Africa 27.2 368 2019
 Eritrea Africa 37.9 1,326 2019
 Estonia Europe 4.5 59 2019
 Eswatini Africa 33.5 384 2019
 Ethiopia Africa 28.2 31,564 2019
 Fiji Oceania 13.5 120 2019
 Finland Europe 3.9 215 2019
 France Europe 5.1 3,339 2019
 Gabon Africa 23.9 518 2019
 Gambia Africa 29.6 695 2019
 Georgia 12.4 496 2019
 Germany Europe 3.8 3,160 2019
 Ghana Africa 25.7 7,808 2019
 Greece Europe 8.3 870 2019
 Grenada North America 8.0 9 2019
 Guatemala North America 22.9 4,026 2019
 Guinea Africa 29.7 3,788 2019
 Guinea-Bissau Africa 32.2 619 2019
 Guyana South America 22.3 175 2019
 Haiti North America 18.8 2,115 2019
 Honduras North America 16.1 1,572 2019
 Hungary Europe 7.7 750 2019
 Iceland Europe 2.0 7 2019
 India Asia 15.6 212,596 2019
 Indonesia Asia 11.3 30,668 2019
 Iran Asia 21.5 17,803 2019
 Iraq Asia 27.3 10,726 2019
 Ireland Europe 3.1 153 2019
 Israel Asia 3.9 333 2019
 Italy Europe 5.3 3,221 2019
 Ivory Coast Africa 24.1 6,202 2019
 Jamaica North America 15.1 444 2019
 Japan Asia 3.6 4,566 2019
 Jordan Asia 17.0 1,717 2019
 Kazakhstan 12.7 2,352 2019
 Kenya Africa 28.3 14,883 2019
 Kiribati Oceania 1.9 2 2019
 Kuwait Asia 15.4 649 2019
 Kyrgyzstan Asia 12.7 812 2019
 Laos Asia 17.9 1,281 2019
 Latvia Europe 8.1 154 2019
 Lebanon Asia 16.4 1,127 2019
 Lesotho Africa 31.9 678 2019
 Liberia Africa 38.9 1,920 2019
 Libya Africa 21.3 1,444 2019
 Lithuania Europe 8.1 225 2019
 Luxembourg Europe 4.1 25 2019
 Madagascar Africa 29.2 7,880 2019
 Malawi Africa 33.4 6,221 2019
 Malaysia Asia 22.5 7,181 2019
 Maldives Asia 1.6 9 2019
 Mali Africa 22.7 4,465 2019
 Malta Europe 4.1 18 2019
 Mauritania Africa 25.6 1,158 2019
 Mauritius Africa 12.2 155 2019
 Mexico North America 12.8 16,303 2019
 Micronesia Oceania 0.2 0 2019
 Mongolia Asia 21.0 679 2019
 Montenegro Europe 7.6 48 2019
 Morocco Africa 17.0 6,185 2019
 Mozambique Africa 30.0 9,117 2019
 Myanmar Asia 20.4 11,004 2019
 Namibia Africa 34.8 868 2019
   Nepal Asia 16.3 4,654 2019
 Netherlands Europe 4.0 681 2019
 New Zealand Oceania 9.6 458 2019
 Nicaragua North America 16.9 1,109 2019
 Niger Africa 25.5 5,946 2019
 Nigeria Africa 20.7 41,693 2019
 North Macedonia Europe 5.1 107 2019
 North Korea Asia 24.2 6,210 2019
 Norway Europe 2.1 114 2019
 Oman Asia 10.6 527 2019
 Pakistan Asia 13.0 28,170 2019
 Panama North America 13.9 591 2019
 Papua New Guinea Oceania 12.6 1,105 2019
 Paraguay South America 22.0 1,552 2019
 Peru South America 13.6 4,414 2019
 Philippines Asia 12.0 13,017 2019
 Poland Europe 9.4 3,555 2019
 Portugal Europe 8.2 838 2019
 Qatar Asia 7.3 206 2019
 Moldova Europe 7.3 293 2019
 Romania Europe 10.3 1,992 2019
 Russia Europe 12.0 17,507 2019
 Rwanda Africa 29.4 3,718 2019
 Saint Lucia North America 29.8 55 2019
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines North America 7.4 8 2019
 Samoa Oceania 13.0 26 2019
 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 27.9 60 2019
 Saudi Arabia Asia 35.9 12,317 2019
 Senegal Africa 23.5 3,832 2019
 Serbia Europe 7.5 655 2019
 Seychelles Africa 11.3 11 2019
 Sierra Leone Africa 33.0 2,581 2019
 Singapore Asia 2.1 121 2019
 Slovakia Europe 6.1 331 2019
 Slovenia Europe 5.1 105 2019
 Solomon Islands Oceania 16.5 111 2019
 Somalia Africa 27.4 4,231 2019
 South Africa Africa 22.2 13,014 2019
 South Korea Asia 8.6 4,399 2019
 South Sudan Africa 36.7 4,063 2019
 Spain Europe 3.9 1,829 2019
 Sri Lanka Asia 19.7 4,200 2019
 Sudan Africa 26.8 11,459 2019
 Suriname South America 15.3 89 2019
 Sweden Europe 3.1 315 2019
  Switzerland Europe 2.2 193 2019
 Syria Asia 14.9 2,550 2019
 Tanzania Africa 31.1 18,054 2019
 Turkey Europe 6.7 5,573 2019
 Tajikistan Asia 15.7 1,461 2019
 Thailand Asia 32.2 22,428 2019
 Timor-Leste Asia 11.9 154 2019
 Togo Africa 28.7 2,316 2019
 Tonga Oceania 33.0 34 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago North America 9.3 130 2019
 Tunisia Africa 16.5 1,928 2019
 Turkmenistan Asia 13.5 800 2019
 Uganda Africa 29.4 13,012 2019
 Ukraine Europe 10.2 4,487 2019
 United Arab Emirates Asia 8.9 870 2019
 United Kingdom Europe 3.2 2,169 2019
 United States North America 12.7 41,694 2019
 Uruguay South America 14.8 512 2019
 Uzbekistan Asia 11.7 3,853 2019
 Vanuatu Oceania 14.9 45 2019
 Venezuela South America 39.0 11,127 2019
 Vietnam Asia 30.6 29,475 2019
 Yemen Asia 29.4 8,561 2019
 Zambia Africa 20.5 3,654 2019
 Zimbabwe Africa 41.2 6,037 2019

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Nations:

General:

Notes

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  1. ^ The following groupings/assumptions were made:
    • France includes the overseas departments as well as overseas collectivities.
    • The United Kingdom includes the Crown dependencies as well as the overseas territories.
    • The United States of America includes the insular areas.
    • The Netherlands includes Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
    • Denmark includes Greenland and the Faroe islands.
  1. ^ Standard source: WHO report 2019[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Road traffic deaths Data by country". World Health Organization. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ WHO, ed. (18 December 2023). Road Safety Annual Report (PDF) (Official Report). OECD/ITF, Paris. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e WHO, ed. (2015). Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 (official report). Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO). pp. vii, 1–14, 75ff (countries), 264–271 (table A2), 316–332 (table A10). ISBN 978-92-4-156506-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Tables A2 & A10, data from 2013
  4. ^ Leonhardt, David (11 December 2023). "The Rise in U.S. Traffic Deaths". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Fatal Car Crash Statistics". www.trialproven.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  6. ^ WHO, ed. (2013). Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013: supporting a decade of action (PDF) (official report). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO). pp. vii, 1–8, 53ff (countries), 244–251 (table A2), 296–303 (table A10). ISBN 978-92-4-156456-4. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Tables A2 & A10, data from 2010
  7. ^ a b "Road traffic deaths Data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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