List of countries by traffic-related death rate

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

According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.26 million deaths worldwide in the year 2000. The average rate was 20.8 per 100,000 people, 30.8 for males, 11.0 for females. 90% occurred in low and middle income countries, with South-East Asia and Africa having the highest rates.[1]

The number of vehicles in the fatalities per number of vehicles includes 2-wheelers and is mostly based on the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety[2]. The total fatalities number also comes from the WHO report and is often an estimated number of road traffic deaths based on method used in the report.[3]

Country Road fatalities
per 100,000
inhabitants
per year		 Road
fatalities
per
100,000
motor
vehicles		 Road fatalities
per 1 billion
vehicle-km		 Total fatalities latest year Source
 World 20.8 93.3 1,230,000 2007[2]
 Afghanistan 39.0 1,447.9 10593 2007-2008[2]
 Albania 13.9 127.3 445 2007[2]
 Angola 37.7 957.4
 Argentina 13.7 43.8
 Armenia 13.9 113.7
 Australia 7.7 8 6 1,616 2007[4]
 Austria 8.2 12 8.9 [5]
 Azerbaijan 13.0 146.1
 Bahamas 14.5 176.8 8.9 [4]
 Bahrain 12.1 23.8
 Bangladesh 12.6 6,300.0
 Barbados 12.2 64.9
 Belarus 15.7 55.7
 Belgium 10.1 17 10.8 [5]
 Belize 15.6 87.6
 Benin 31.2 1,485.7
 Bhutan 14.4 306.4
 Bolivia 16.7 245.6
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.9 80.7 355 2010 official figures [6]
 Botswana 33.8 299.1
 Brazil 19.9 70.9 55.9 37,694 [7]
 British Virgin Islands 21.7
 Brunei Darussalam 13.8 19.8
 Bulgaria 13.5 48.4 32.8 [8]
 Burkina Faso 31.1 2,827.3
 Burundi 23.4 3,900.0
 Cambodia 12.1
 Cameroon 28.1 3,512.5
 Canada 9.2 13 8.2 [5]
 Cape Verde 25.1 267.0
 Central African Republic 32.2 8,050.0
 Chad 34.3 5,716.7
 Chile 13.7 79.7
 China 16.5 445.9
 Colombia 11.7 201.7
 Comoros 30.3 918.2
 Republic of the Congo 28.8 1,107.7
 Cook Islands 45.0
 Costa Rica 15.4 94.5
 Croatia 13.6 35.1 548 2009 official figures[9]
 Cuba 8.6 226.3
 Cyprus 10.4 23.6 16.7 [8]
 Czech Republic 10.4 20 19.5 [5]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 32.2 6,440.0
 Denmark 7.4 14 8.2 [5]
 Dominican Republic 17.3 140.7
 Ecuador 11.7 185.7
 Egypt 8.1 188.4 6,486 2009[10]
 El Salvador 12.6 150.0
 Eritrea 48.4 4,400.0
 Estonia 7.5 34 17.5 101
 Ethiopia 35.0 11,666.7
 Fiji 7.0 40.0
 Finland 6.5 11 7.0 [5]
 France 6.9 12 7.7 [5]
 The Gambia 36.6 5,228.6
 Georgia 16.8 144.8
 Germany 4.5 7.2 7.2(2009)[5] 3,657 2010 official figures [11] [12]
 Ghana 29.6 897.0
 Greece 14.4 21 17.4 [5]
 Guatemala 14.7 125.6
 Guinea-Bissau 34.4 1,042.4
 Guyana 19.9 209.5
 Honduras 13.5 139.2
 Hungary 9.9 27 27.1 [5]
 Iceland 3.8 5 3.9 [5]
 India 16.8 1,120.0
 Indonesia 16.2 210.4
 Iran 35.8 204.6
 Iraq 38.1 762.0
 Ireland 4.7 10 4.9 212* (Prelim. Estimate for 2010)[13] [5]
 Israel 5.7 18 8.5 370 2009 official
 Italy 8.7 12 [5]
 Jamaica 12.3 65.4
 Japan 3.85 6.8 4,914 2009 official figures[14]
 Jordan 34.2 234.2
 Kazakhstan 30.6 155.3
 Kenya 34.4 1,638.1
 Kiribati 7.4 51.4
 Republic of Korea 12.7 29 19.3 [5]
 Kuwait 16.9 33.3
 Kyrgyzstan 22.8 386.4
 Laos 18.3 871.4
 Latvia 17.9 52 25.6 [8]
 Lebanon 28.5 65.7
 Lesotho 26.7
 Liberia 32.9 10,966.7
 Libya 40.5 139.2
 Lithuania 14.8 49.8 19.1 [8]
 Luxembourg 9.0 8 5.4 [5]
 Madagascar 33.7 1,248.1
 Malawi 26.0 2,888.9
 Malaysia 24.1 36.5 6,745 2009 end[15]/[16]
 Maldives 18.3 795.7
 Mali 32.1 3,566.7
 Malta 3.4 4.6 4.9 [8]
 Marshall Islands 1.7
 Mauritania 35.5 7,100.0
 Mauritius 11.1 69.8
 Mexico 20.7 78.4
 Federated States of Micronesia 14.4 400.0
 Mongolia 19.3 280 5,278 2003 [17]
 Montenegro 14.6 44.5 95 2010 [18]
 Morocco 28.3 398.6
 Mozambique 34.7 2,669.2
 Myanmar 23.4 3,342.9
 Namibia 28.6 262.4
 Nauru 9.9 63.5
 Nepal 15.1 1,677.8
 Netherlands 4.1 7 7.7 640 [5]
 New Zealand 8.6 11 9.1 384 (2009) 369 (2010) [5]
 Nicaragua 14.2 249.1
 Niger 37.7 9,425.0
 Nigeria 32.3 1,041.9
 Norway 5.4 8 6.1 [5]
 Oman 21.3 94.7
 Pakistan 25.3 2,300.0
 Palau 14.8
 Palestinian territories 4.9 125.6
 Panama 12.7 105.8
 Papua New Guinea 14.2 1,092.3
 Paraguay 19.7 240.2
 Peru 21.5 390.9
 Philippines 20.0 606.1
 Poland 14.7 28 23.5 [5]
 Portugal 11.8 18 13.1 [5]
 Puerto Rico 12.8
 Qatar 23.7 32.7 12 [19]
 Republic of Macedonia 6.9 43.9
 Republic of Moldova 15.1 108.6
 Romania 12.7 71.1 39.8 [8]
 Russia 18.5 70.3 26567 [20]
 Rwanda 31.6 7,900.0
 Saint Lucia 17.6 106.0
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.6 32.4
 Samoa 12.8 312.2
 San Marino 3.2
 Sao Tome and Principe 33.0
 Saudi Arabia 29.0 86.3
 Senegal 32.5 1,413.0
 Serbia 9.8 43.2 656 2010 official figures [21]
 Seychelles 18.5 106.9
 Sierra Leone 28.3 2,572.7
 Singapore 4.8 30.4
 Slovakia 15.1 43.9 21.5 [8]
 Slovenia 10.4 17 17.2 [5]
 Solomon Islands 16.9
 South Africa 33.2 208.8
 Spain 6.9 10 11.7 [5]
 Sri Lanka 13.5 221.3
 Sudan 34.7 1,239.3
 Suriname 18.3 106.4
 Swaziland 26.3 295.5
 Sweden 2.9 7 5.1 270 [5](2008) [22](Preliminary results for 2010)
 Switzerland 4.7 7 5.6 [5]
 Syrian Arab Republic 32.9 530.6
 Tajikistan 14.1 371.1
 Thailand 19.6 118.8
 Timor-Leste 16.1
 Togo 28.1 14,050.0
 Tonga 7.0 40.2
 Trinidad and Tobago 15.5 44.2
 Tunisia 34.5 302.6
 Turkey 13.4 97.1
 Turkmenistan 18.6 175.5
 Tuvalu 9.5
 Uganda 24.7 3,528.6
 Ukraine 21.5 153.6
 United Arab Emirates 37.1 118.5 310 [19]
 United Kingdom 3.59 7 5.7 2,222 2009 Dft results (per capita)[23] else [5]
 United Republic of Tanzania 34.3
 United States of America 12.3 15 8.5 33,808 [5]
 Uruguay 12.8 73.6
 Uzbekistan 9.7
 Vanuatu 18.6 344.4
 Venezuela 21.8 148.3
 Vietnam 16.1 1,238.5
 Yemen 29.3 837.1
 Zambia 25.6 1,422.2
 Zimbabwe 27.5 259.4

References

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See also

Rail transport
Roadways
Roadways length (OECD) · Traffic-related death rate · Vehicles per capita
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