List of countries by traffic-related death rate

Death rates from road traffic accidents by country, per 100,000 inhabitants, world map (WHO 2012).[1][nb 1]
  fewer than 5
  5-10
  10-15
  15-20
  20-25
  25-30
  30-35
  35-40
  more than 40

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, road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.25 million deaths worldwide in the year 2010. That is, one person is killed every 25 seconds. Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (seven percent of the world's population), have adequate laws that address all five risk factors (speed, drunk driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints). Over a third of road traffic deaths in low- and middle-income countries are among pedestrians and cyclists. However, less than 35 percent of low- and middle-income countries have policies in place to protect these road users.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2]

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 (increasing 26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (decreasing 9.3 per 100 000).[2]

Half of the world's road traffic deaths occur among motorcyclists (23 percent), pedestrians (22 percent) and cyclists (5 percent) – i.e., "vulnerable road users" – with 31 percent of deaths among car occupants and the remaining 19 percent among unspecified road users.[3]

Adults aged between 15 and 44 years account for 59 percent of global road traffic deaths. Seventy-seven percent of road deaths are males.[3]

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".[2][4]:62-74

List

The table shows that the highest death tolls tend to be in African countries, and the lowest in European countries. The table first lists geographic regions before alphabetically sorted countries. A comparison between left-handed and right-handed traffic cannot be done without taking into account a variety of confounding factors such as the degree of compliance with traffic regulations, the level of policing, GDP per capita, the median/mode of the age of cars and many more.

Country Road fatalities
per 100,000
inhabitants
per year[4]		 Road fatalities
per 100,000
motor vehicles[4]		 Road fatalities
per 1 billion
vehicle-km[5]		 Total fatalities
latest year
(adjusted/estimated
figures by WHO report)[4]		 Year, data source
(standard source:
The WHO report 2015,[2]
data from 2013)		 Left/Right
traffic

 World17.41,250,000
 Africa26.6574[6]246,719[6]
 Eastern Mediterranean19.9139[6]122,730[6]
 Western Pacific17.369[6]328,591[6]
 South-east Asia17.0101[6]316,080[6]
 Americas15.933[6]153,789[6]
 Europe9.319[6]84,589[6]
 Afghanistan15.5722.4n/a4,7342013Right
 Albania15.1107.2n/a4782013Right
 Algeria23.8127.8n/a9,3372013Right
 Andorra7.67.9n/a62013Right
 Angola26.9992n/a5,7692013Right
 Antigua & Barbuda6.720n/a62013Left
 Argentina13.624.3n/a5,6192013Right
 Armenia18.318.2n/a5462013Right
 Australia5.47.35.21,2522013Left
 Austria5.47.15.8455 2013Right
 Azerbaijan10.083n/a9432013Right
 Bahamas13.836n/a522013Left
 Bahrain8.019.6n/a1072013Right
 Bangladesh13.61020.6n/a21,3162013Left
 Barbados6.716.9n/a192013Left
 Belarus13.732.9n/a1,2822013Right
 Belgium6.710.77.37462013Right
 Belize24.426n/a812013Right
 Benin27.78177.2n/a2,8552013Right
 Bhutan15.1167.2n/a1142013Left
 Bolivia23.2205.2n/a3,4762013Right
 Bosnia and Herzegovina17.776.7n/a6762013Right
 Botswana23.691.6n/a4772013Left
 Brazil23.457.5n/a46,9352013Right
 Bulgaria8.317.2n/a6012013Right
 Burkina Faso30.0328.1n/a5,0722013Right
 Cambodia17.4107.2n/a2,6352013Right
 Cameroon27.61385.1n/a6,1362013Right
 Canada6.09.56.22,1142013Right
 Cape Verde26.1229n/a1302013Right
 Central African Republic32.44336.5n/a1,4952013Right
 Chad24.1497n/a3,0892013Right
 Chile12.451.1n/a2,1792013Right
 China18.8104.5n/a261,3672013Right
 Colombia16.883.3n/a8,1072013Right
 Congo26.41063n/a1,1742013Right
 Cook Islands24.240.2n/a52013Left
 Costa Rica13.938.4n/a6762013Right
 Croatia9.221.1n/a3952013Right
 Cuba7.5133.7n/a8402013Right
 Cyprus5.29.2n/a592013Left
 Czech Republic6.18.513.96542013Right
 Democratic Republic of the Congo33.26405.4n/a22,4192013Right
 Denmark3.56.741962013Right
 Djibouti24.7n/an/a2162013Right
 Dominica15.344.7n/a112013Left
 Dominican Republic29.394.9n/a3,0522013Right
 Ecuador20.1183.8n/a3,1642013Right
 Egypt12.8148.7n/a10,4662013Right
 El Salvador21.1163.7n/a1,3392013Right
 Eritrea24.12171.5n/a1,5272013Right
 Estonia7.011.8n/a902013Right
 Ethiopia25.34984.3n/a23,8372013Right
 Fiji5.858.9n/a512013Left
 Finland4.84.44.82582013Right
 France5.17.65.83,2682013Right
 Gabon22.9196.4n/a3832013Right
 Gambia29.4998.7n/a5442013Right
 Georgia11.854n/a5142013Right
 Germany4.36.84.93,5402013Right
 Ghana26.2443.1n/a6,7892013Right
 Greece9.112.6n/a1,0132013Right
 Guatemala19.0114.7n/a2,9392013Right
 Guinea27.39462.5n/a3,2112013Right
 Guinea-Bissau27.5751.9n/a4682013Right
 Guyana17.3864.4n/a1382013Left
 Honduras17.41021.7n/a1,4082013Right
 Hungary7.720.7n/a7652013Right
 Iceland4.66.14.7152013Right
 India16.6130.1n/a238,5622013Left
 Indonesia15.336.7n/a38,2792013Left
 Iran32.192.7n/a24,8962013Right
 Iraq20.2151.2n/a6,8262013Right
 Ireland4.17.63.91882013Left
 Israel3.69.75.32772013Right
 Italy6.17.3n/a3,7532013Right
 Ivory Coast24.2828.9n/a4,9242013Right
 Jamaica11.561.7n/a3202013Left
 Japan4.76.585,9712013Left
 Jordan26.3151.4n/a1,9132013Right
 Kazakhstan24.2101.4n/a3,9832013Right
 Kenya29.1640.7n/a12,8912013Left
 Kiribati2.986.9n/a32013Left
 Kuwait18.734.2n/a6292013Right
 Kyrgyzstan22.0127.3n/a1,2202013Right
 Laos14.367.5n/a9712013Right
 Latvia10.024.8n/a2052013Right
 Lebanon22.664.8n/a1,0882013Right
 Lesotho28.2474.8n/a5842013Left
 Liberia33.7133.4n/a1,4482013Right
 Libya73.4128.2n/a4,5542013Right
 Lithuania10.616.1n/a3202013Right
 Luxembourg8.710.7n/a462013Right
 Macedonia9.449.1n/a1982013Right
 Madagascar28.42963n/a6,5062013Right
 Malawi35.01310.4n/a5,7322013Left
 Malaysia24.029.912.67,1292013Left
 Maldives3.519.5n/a122013Left
 Mali25.61352.5n/a3,9202013Right
 Malta5.16.8n/a222013Left
 Marshall Islands5.7141.8n/a32013Right
 Mauritania24.5228.7n/a9522013Right
 Mauritius12.235.6n/a1582013Left
 Mexico12.343n/a15,0622013Right
 Federated States of Micronesia1.924n/a22013Right
 Monaco0-n/a02013Right
 Mongolia21.088.4n/a5972013Right
 Montenegro10.531.1n/a652016[7]Right
 Morocco18.0209n/a6,8702013Right
 Mozambique31.61507n/a8,1732013Left
 Myanmar20.3250.8n/a10,8092013Right
 Namibia23.9196.4n/a5512013Left
   Nepal17.0399.8n/a4,7132013Left
 Netherlands3.464.55742013Right
 New Zealand8.5[8]12.28.7[9]3982017[10]Left
 Nicaragua15.3164.3n/a9312013Right
 Niger26.41491.1n/a4,7062013Right
 Nigeria20.5615.4n/a35,6212013Right
 Norway2.23.1n/a1122017[11]Right
 Oman25.485.3n/a9242013Right
 Pakistan14.2283.9n/a25,7812013Left
 Palau4.814.1n/a12013Right
 Panama10.038.4n/a3862013Right
 Papua New Guinea16.81306.5n/a1,2322013Left
 Paraguay20.7114.7n/a1,4082013Right
 Peru13.999.3n/a4,2342013Right
 Philippines10.5135n/a10,3792013Right
 Poland10.315.8n/a3,9312013Right
 Portugal7.813.7n/a8282013Right
 Qatar15.250.9n/a3302013Right
 Republic of Moldova12.561.8n/a4372013Right
 Romania8.731.4n/a1,8812013Right
 Russia18.953.4n/a27,0252013Right
 Rwanda32.13521.1n/a3,7822013Right
 Saint Lucia18.12103.3n/a332013Left
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.231.7n/a92013Left
 Samoa15.8171.9n/a302013Left
 San Marino3.21.8n/a12013Right
 São Tomé and Príncipe31.15454.5n/a602013Right
 Saudi Arabia27.4119.7n/a7,8982013Right
 Senegal27.2956.4n/a3,8442013Right
 Serbia10.434.5n/a7352013Right
 Seychelles8.643n/a82013Left
 Sierra Leone27.32414.2n/a1,6612013Right
 Singapore3.620.2n/a1972013Left
 Slovakia6.613.7n/a3602013Right
 Slovenia6.49.57.61322013Right
 Solomon Islands19.2240n/a1082013Left
 Somalia25.44480.5n/a2,6642013Right
 South Africa25.1133.9n/a13,2732013Left
 South Korea9.320.615.64,7772014[12]Right
 Spain3.75.37.81,7302013Right
 Sri Lanka17.470.9n/a3,6912013Left
 Sudan24.32872.8n/a9,2212013Right
 Suriname19.149.7n/a1032013Left
 Swaziland24.21667.4n/a3032013Left
 Sweden2.84.73.52722013Right
  Switzerland2.63.63.62162016[13][14][15]Right
 Taiwan6.8n/an/a1,6042016[16]Right
 Tajikistan18.8374.9n/a1,5432013Right
 Tanzania32.91073.7n/a16,2112013Left
 Thailand36.274.6n/a24,2372013Left
 Timor-Leste16.6295.8n/a1882013Left
 Togo31.13653.4n/a2,1232013Right
 Tonga7.698.1n/a82013Left
 Trinidad and Tobago14.158.9n/a1892013Left
 Tunisia24.4154.4n/a2,6792013Right
 Turkey8.937.3n/a6,6872013Right
 Turkmenistan17.4107.8n/a9142009Right
 Uganda27.4836.8n/a10,2802013Left
 Ukraine13.5[3]35.3n/a5,0992012[17]Right
 United Arab Emirates10.938.2n/a1,0212013Right
 United Kingdom2.95.13.61,8272013Left
 United States10.612.97.134,0642013Right
 Uruguay16.628.5n/a5672013Right
 Uzbekistan11.2n/a3,2402013Right
 Vanuatu16.6300n/a422013Right
 Vietnam24.555n/a22,4192013Right
 Yemen21.5436.6n/a5,2482013Right
 Zambia24.7670.9n/a3,5862013Left
 Zimbabwe28.2429.8n/a3,9852013Left

See also

Nations:

General:

Notes

  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.
    • China includes the SARs of Hong Kong and Macao.

References

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