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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, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected.

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

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]

In the United States, fatal crashes involving cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians are on the rise, offsetting the decrease in fatal crashes involving only passenger cars.[citation needed] As a result, the overall reduction in fatal crashes from 1991 to 2021 is only 21%. In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991.[4]

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.[5]

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][6]: 62–74 

List

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See also: List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

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[7][1] 		per
1 billion
vehicle-km[8] 		Total[a][7][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 4.5 4.9 1,180 2022[9]
  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[10]
  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[10]
  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 4.3[2] 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[10]
  Cuba North America 8.9 1,007 2019
  Cyprus Europe 5.9 60 2019[10]
  Czech Republic Europe 5.0 9.9 527 2022[11]
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 34.9 30,256 2019
  Denmark Europe 3.4 3.9 227 2019[10]
  Djibouti Africa 13.5 229 2019
  Dominica North America 15.3 11 2013
  Dominican Republic North America 27.5 2,921 2022[12]
  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[10]
  France Europe 5.0 5.8 3,585 2019[10]
  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[10]
  Ghana Africa 25.7 7,808 2019
  Greece Europe 6.5 699 2019[10]
  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[13]
  Hungary Europe 6.2 756 2019[10]
  Iceland Europe 3.8 4.9 8[14] 2016–
2021
[14][15]
  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[10]
  Israel Asia 3.9 5.9 333 2019
  Italy Europe 5.2 3,333 2019[10]
  Ivory Coast Africa 24.1 6,202 2019
  Jamaica North America 15.1 444 2019
  Japan Asia 2.1 2,678 2023[16]
  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[10]
  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[10]
  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 8.1 197 2023[17]
  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[10]
  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[10]
  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 5.0 1,896 2022[9]
  Portugal Europe 6.3 768 2019[10]
  Qatar Asia 7.3 206 2021
  Romania Europe 10 1,881 2019[10]
  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 18.5 6,651 2021 [18]
  Senegal Africa 23.4 3,832 2019
  Serbia Europe 7.6 649 2019[10]
  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[10]
  Slovenia Europe 4.9 7.0 134 2019[10]
  Solomon Islands Oceania 16.5 111 2019
  Somalia Africa 27.4 4,231 2019
  South Africa Africa 22.2 13,014 2019
  South Korea Asia 4.9 8.2[2] 2,551 2023[19]
  South Sudan Africa 36.7 4,063 2019
  Spain Europe 3.7 1,922 2019[10]
  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[10]
   Switzerland Europe 2.2 3.2 223 2019[10]
  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[10]
  United States North America 12.9 6.9 [2] 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

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Notes

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  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)[6][1]
  2. ^ Standard source: WHO report 2019 [1]
  3. ^ [nb 3][nb 4][20]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d WHO, ed. (18 December 2023). Road Safety Annual Report (PDF) (Official Report). OECD/ITF, Paris. Retrieved 31 July 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  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
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  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Road traffic deaths Data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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  17. ^ The statistical summary "Moldova in figures", 2024 edition
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