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
, 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.
According to the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
, 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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