List of countries by traffic-related death rate

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, less 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]

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.[4]

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][5]: 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 WHO geographic regions before alphabetically sorted countries.

(For context, this list shall be cross-referenced with lists of motor vehicles or motorcycles per capita, as numerous countries have low per capita vehicle ownership; being either heavily reliant on motorcycles or public transportation.)

Country/region Continent per
100,000
inhabitants[6][1] 		per
1 billion
vehicle-km[7] 		Total[a][6][1] Date[b]
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
 Andorra Europe 7.6 6 2019
 Angola Africa 26.1 8,317 2019
 Antigua and Barbuda North America 6.7 6 2013
 Argentina South America 8.2 3,828 2022
 Armenia Asia 20.0 590 2016
 Australia Oceania 4.1 5.2 1,245 2018[8]
 Austria Europe 4.9 5.1 436 2019
 Azerbaijan Asia 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 5.4 7.3 657 2019[9]
 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 9.0 601 2019[9]
 Burkina Faso Africa 31.0 6,303 2019
 Burundi Africa 35.5 4,089 2019
 Cambodia Asia 16.9 3,223 2019
 Cameroon Africa 30.2 7,810 2019
 Canada North America 5.3 5.1 1,998 2019
 Cape Verde Africa 26.8 147 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
 Cook Islands Oceania 24.2 5 2013
 Costa Rica North America 14.9 746 2019
 Croatia Europe 7.3 340 2019[9]
 Cuba North America 8.9 1,007 2019
 Cyprus Europe 5.9 60 2019[9]
 Czech Republic Europe 4.2 9.8[10] 454 2022[11]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 34.9 30,256 2019
 Denmark Europe 3.4 3.9 227 2019[9]
 Djibouti Africa 13.5 229 2019
 Dominica North America 15.3 11 2013
 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
 Ethiopia Africa 28.2 31,564 2019
 Fiji Oceania 13.5 120 2019
 Finland Europe 3.8 5.1 260 2019[9]
 France Europe 5 5.8 3,585 2019[9]
 Gabon Africa 23.9 518 2019
 Gambia Africa 29.6 695 2019
 Georgia Europe 11.5 430 2022
 Germany Europe 3.7 4.2 3,327 2019[9]
 Ghana Africa 25.7 7,808 2019
 Greece Europe 6.5 699 2019[9]
 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
 Honduras North America 16.1 1,572 2019
 Hong Kong Asia 1.3 7.3 97 2020[12]
 Hungary Europe 6.2 756 2019[9]
 Iceland Europe 3.8 4.9 8[13] 2016–
2021
[13][14]
 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 2.9 3.8 194 2019[9]
 Israel Asia 3.9 5.9 333 2019
 Italy Europe 5.2 3,333 2019[9]
 Ivory Coast Africa 24.1 6,202 2019
 Jamaica North America 15.1 444 2019
 Japan Asia 2.5 4.4 3,205 2021[15]
 Jordan Asia 17.1 1,717 2019
 Kazakhstan Asia 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 6.9 205 2019[9]
 Lebanon Asia 16.4 1,127 2019
 Lesotho Africa 31.9 678 2019
 Liberia Africa 38.9 1920 2019
 Libya Africa 21.3 1,444 2019
 Lithuania Europe 6.6 234 2019[9]
 Luxembourg Europe 4.1 25 2019
 Madagascar Africa 29.2 7,880 2019
 Malawi Africa 33.4 6,221 2019
 Malaysia Asia 22.5 16.2[nb 2] 7,181 2019
 Maldives Asia 1.6 9 2019
 Mali Africa 22.7 4,465 2019
 Malta Europe 4.1 18 2019
 Marshall Islands Oceania 5.7 3 2013
 Mauritania Africa 25.6 1,158 2019
 Mauritius Africa 12.2 155 2019
 Mexico North America 12.8 27.5 16,303 2019
 Micronesia Oceania 0.2 0 2019
 Moldova Europe 12.5 437 2016
 Monaco Europe 0 0 2013
 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 3.8 4.7 648 2019[9]
 New Zealand Oceania 7.8 7.2 364 2016
 Nicaragua North America 16.9 1,109 2019
 Niger Africa 25.5 5,946 2019
 Nigeria Africa 20.7 41,693 2019
 North Korea Asia 24.2 6,210 2019
 North Macedonia Europe 5.1 107 2019
 Norway Europe 2 3.0 110 2019[9]
 Oman Asia 10.6 527 2019
 Pakistan Asia 13.0 28,170 2019
 Palau Oceania 4.8 1 2013
 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 7.7 3,698 2019[9]
 Portugal Europe 6.3 768 2019[9]
 Qatar Asia 7.3 206 2021
 Romania Europe 10 1,881 2019[9]
 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
 San Marino Europe 3.2 1 2013
 São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 27.9 60 2019
 Saudi Arabia Asia 35.9 12,317 2019
 Senegal Africa 23.4 3,832 2019
 Serbia Europe 7.6 649 2019[9]
 Seychelles Africa 11.3 11 2019
 Sierra Leone Africa 33.0 2,581 2019
 Singapore Asia 2.1 121 2019
 Slovakia Europe 4.5 330 2019[9]
 Slovenia Europe 4.9 7.0 134 2019[9]
 Solomon Islands Oceania 16.5 111 2019
 Somalia Africa 27.4 4,231 2019
 South Africa Africa 22.2 13014 2019
 South Korea Asia 5.3 9.1[10] 2,735 2022[16]
 South Sudan Africa 36.7 4,063 2019
 Spain Europe 3.7 1,922 2019[9]
 Sri Lanka Asia 19.7 4,200 2019
 Sudan Africa 26.8 11,459 2019
 Suriname South America 15.3 89 2013
 Eswatini Africa 24.2 303 2013
 Sweden Europe 2.2 3.3 223 2019[9]
  Switzerland Europe 2.2 3.2 223 2019[9]
 Syria Asia 14.9 2,550 2019
 Taiwan Asia 12.1 2,865 2019[c]
 Tajikistan Asia 15.7 1,461 2019
 Tanzania Africa 31.1 18,054 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
 Turkey Asia 6.7 5,573 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 2.9 3.8[nb 2] 2,026 2019[9]
 United States North America 12.9 8.3 [10] 45,404 2021
 Uruguay South America 11.5 394 2022
 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

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.
  2. ^ a b Figure from 2010.
  3. ^ Non-harmonized figure
  4. ^ Not included in WHO 2018 report
  1. ^ Latest year (adjusted/estimated figures from WHO report)[5][1]
  2. ^ Standard source: WHO report 2019 [1]
  3. ^ [nb 3][nb 4][17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Road traffic deaths Data by country". World Health Organization. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ WHO, ed. (2018). Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 (PDF) (official report). Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO). pp. xiv–xv, 1–13, 91ff (countries), 302–313 (table A2), 392–397 (table A11). ISBN 978-92-4-156568-4. Retrieved 5 May 2019. Tables A2 & A11, data from 2016
  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. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b WHO, ed. (2015). "WHO Report 2015: Data tables" (official report). Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Road traffic deaths Data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ^ OECD/ITF, ed. (18 May 2018). Road Safety Annual Report 2018 (PDF) (official report). Paris: International Transport Forum (itf). p. 21. Retrieved 18 December 2018. data from 2016
  8. ^ "Annual International road safety comparisons 2018". Australian Government Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Road deaths in the European Union – latest data | ETSC". etsc.eu. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Road Safety Annual Report" (PDF). IRTAD. 2022.
  11. ^ "Czech police - accident and fatality statistics".
  12. ^ Transport Department (21 October 2021). "Summary of Key Statistics(English)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Slysatölur ("Accident Statistics") – latest data | Icelandic Transport Authority". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Average population by sex and age 1841-2021".
  15. ^ "Road Safety Annual Report 2022 – latest data |". itf-oecd.org.
  16. ^ "교통사고 추세".
  17. ^ "國情統計通報 (National Statistical Bulletin)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links

  • Annual Accident Report 2018 ( including deaths for all EU countries 2007–2016), European Road Safety Observatory.
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