List of countries by traffic-related death rate
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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
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, 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.
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
20.8 2000
 Afghanistan 39.0
 Albania 13.9
 Angola 37.7
 Argentina 13.7
 Armenia 13.9
 Australia 5.2 8 6 379
 Austria 8.2 12 8.9
 Azerbaijan 13.0
 The Bahamas 14.5 8.9
 Bahrain 12.1
 Bangladesh 12.6
 Barbados 12.2
 Belarus 15.7
10.1 17 10.8
 Belize 15.6
 Benin 31.2
 Bhutan 14.4
 Bolivia 16.7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.9
 Botswana 33.8
 Brazil 19.9 70.9 55.9 37,694
 British Virgin Islands 21.7
 Brunei 13.8
 Kingdom of Bulgaria 13.5 48.4 32.8
 Burkina Faso 31.1
 Burundi 23.4
 Cambodia 12.1
 Cameroon 28.1
 Canada 9.2 13 8.2
 Cape Verde 25.1
 Central African Republic 32.2
 Chad 34.3
 Chile 13.7
 Mainland China 16.5
 Colombia 11.7
 Comoros 30.3
 Republic of the Congo 28.8
 Cook Islands 45.0
 Costa Rica 15.4
 Independent State of Croatia 13.6
 Cuba 8.6
 Cyprus 10.4 23.6 16.7
 Czech Republic 10.4 20 19.5
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 32.2
 Denmark 7.4 14 8.2
 Dominican Republic 17.3
 Ecuador 11.7
 Egypt 8.1 6,486 2009
 El Salvador 12.6
 Eritrea 48.4
 Estonia 15.2 38.9 17.5
 Ethiopia 35.0
 Fiji 7.0
 Finland 6.5 11 7.0
 Early Modern France 6.9 12 7.7
 The Gambia 36.6
 Georgia (country) 16.8
 Germany 4.5 7.2 7.2(2009) 3,657 2010 official figures
 Ghana 29.6
 Greece 14.4 21 17.4
 Guatemala 14.7
 Guinea-Bissau 34.4
 Guyana 19.9
 Honduras 13.5
 Hungary 9.9 27 27.1
 Iceland 3.8 5 3.9
 India 16.8
 Indonesia 16.2
 Iran 35.8
 Iraq 38.1
 Republic of Ireland 4.7 10 4.9 212* (Prelim. Estimate for 2010)
 Israel 5.7 18 8.5 370 2009 official
 Italy 8.7 12
 Jamaica 12.3
 Japan 3.85 6.8 4,914 2009 official figures
 Jordan 34.2
 Kazakhstan 30.6
 Kenya 34.4
 Kiribati 7.4
 South Korea 12.7 29 19.3
 Kuwait 16.9
 Kyrgyzstan 22.8
 Laos 18.3
 Latvia 17.9 52 25.6
 Lebanon 28.5
 Lesotho 26.7
 Liberia 32.9
 Libya 40.5
 Lithuania 14.8 49.8 19.1
 Luxembourg 9.0 8 5.4
 Madagascar 33.7
 Malawi 26.0
 Malaysia 24.1 36.5 6,745 2009 end/
 Maldives 18.3
 Mali 32.1
 Malta 3.4 4.6 4.9
 Marshall Islands 1.7
 Mauritania 35.5
 Mauritius 11.1
 Mexico 20.7
 Federated States of Micronesia 14.4
 Mongolia 19.3 280 5,278 2003
 Kingdom of Montenegro 14.6 44.5 95 2010
 Morocco 28.3
 Mozambique 34.7
 Myanmar 23.4
 Namibia 28.6
 Nauru 9.9
 Nepal 15.1
 Netherlands 4.1 7 7.7 640
 New Zealand 8.6 11 9.1
 Nicaragua 14.2
 Niger 37.7
 Nigeria 32.3
 Norway 5.4 8 6.1
 Oman 21.3
 Pakistan 25.3
 Palau 14.8
 Palestinian territories 4.9
 Panama 12.7
 Papua New Guinea 14.2
 Paraguay 19.7
 Peru 21.5
 Philippines 20.0
 Poland 14.7 28 23.5
 Portugal 11.8 18 13.1
 Puerto Rico 12.8
23.7 12
 Republic of Macedonia 6.9
 Moldova 15.1
 Kingdom of Romania 12.7 71.1 39.8
 Russia 25.2
 Rwanda 31.6
 Saint Lucia 17.6
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.6
 Samoa 12.8
 San Marino 3.2
 São Tomé and Príncipe 33.0
 Saudi Arabia 29.0
 Senegal 32.5
 Serbia 9.8
 Seychelles 18.5
 Sierra Leone 28.3
 Singapore 4.8
 Slovakia 15.1 43.9 21.5
 Slovenia 10.4 17 17.2
 Solomon Islands 16.9
 South Africa 33.2
 Spain 6.9 10 11.7
 Sri Lanka 13.5
 Sudan 34.7
 Suriname 18.3
 Swaziland 26.3
 Sweden 2.9 7 5.1 270 (2008) (Preliminary results for 2010)
 Switzerland 4.7 7 5.6
32.9
 Tajikistan 14.1
 Thailand 19.6
 East Timor 16.1
 Togo 28.1
 Tonga 7.0
 Trinidad and Tobago 15.5
 Tunisia 34.5
 Turkey 13.4
 Turkmenistan 18.6
 Tuvalu 9.5
 Uganda 24.7 v
 Ukraine 21.5 v
 United Arab Emirates 37.1 310
 United Kingdom 3.59 7 5.7 2,222 2009 Dft results (per capita) else
34.3
12.3 15 8.5 33,808
 Uruguay 12.8
 Uzbekistan 9.7
 Vanuatu 18.6
 Venezuela 21.8
 Vietnam 16.1
 Yemen 29.3
 Zambia 25.6
 Zimbabwe 27.5

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