ROAD ACCIDENTS

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 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 1.24 million deaths worldwide in the year 2010, down from 1.26 million in 2000. Half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, and adults aged between 15 and 44 years account for 59% of deaths. 3 out of 4 road deaths are among men. The average rate was 18 per 100 000 people (down from 20.8 in 2000). 92% occurred in low and middle income countries, with South-East Asia and Africa having the highest rates.^[1]

The total fatalities number comes from the WHO report and is often an estimated number of road traffic deaths based on method used in the report.^[1]

* Numbers marked by an asterisk are derived, e.g.: Fatalities per 100,000 vehicles may be calculated based on vehicles per capita. The calculated result may not be accurate due to vehicle under-reporting or mismatch between the year different statistics were taken.

Country	Road fatalities per 100 000 inhabitants per year [1]	Road fatalities per 100 000 motor vehicles	Road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km	Total fatalities latest year	Source
World	18	93.3		1 240 000
Afghanistan	19.8	1447.9*		10 593
Albania	50.6	127.3*		445
Angola	23.1	957.4*
Argentina	12.6	43.8*		7485	20
Armenia	18.1	113.7*
Australia	5.2[2]	8[3]	5.8	1 193[4]	Road Deaths Australia December 2013 - BITRE[5]
Austria	6.6	12	8.9	522	,[6] 2012 official figures[7]
Azerbaijan	13.1	146.1*
Bahamas	13.7	176.8*	8.9		[3]
Bahrain	10.5	23.8*
Bangladesh	11.6	6300.0*
Barbados	7.3	64.9*
Belarus	10.9	27		1032	2012 official figures[8]
Belgium	8.1	17	10.8		[6]
Belize	16.4	87.6*
Benin	23.9	1485.7*
Bhutan	13.2	306.4*
Bolivia	19.2	245.6*
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.6	80.7*		355	2010 official figures [9]
Botswana	20.8	299.1*
Brazil	22.5	70.9	55.9	37 694	[10]
British Virgin Islands	21.7
Brunei Darussalam	6.8	19.8*
Bulgaria	10.4	37.0	19.1		[11]
Burkina Faso	27.7	2827.3*
Burundi	21.3	3900.0*
Cambodia	17.2
Cameroon	20.1	3512.5*
Canada	6.8	13	8.2		[6]
Cape Verde	22.4	267.0*
Central African Republic	14.6	8050.0*
Chad	29.7	5716.7*
Chile	12.3	79.7*
China	20.5	36		68 000	2009,[12][13]
Colombia	15.6	201.7*
Comoros	21.8	918.2*
Republic of the Congo	17.1	1107.7*
Cook Islands	9.9
Costa Rica	12.7	94.5*
Croatia	10.4	19.5			2012 official figures,[14] number of motor vehicles from 2008[15]
Cuba	7.8	226.3*
Cyprus	7.6	23.6	16.7		[16]
Czech Republic	7.6	20	16.2		[6]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	20.9	6440.0*
Denmark	4.7	6.1	4.9	175	[6][17]
Dominica	11.8
Dominican Republic	41.7	140.7*
Ecuador	27.0	185.7*
Egypt	13.2	188.4*		12 000	2009-2012[18]
El Salvador	21.9	150.0*
Eritrea	48.4[19]	4400.0*
Estonia	6.5	34	17.5	101
Ethiopia	17.6	11 666.7*
Fiji	6.3	40.0*
Finland	5.1	11	5.4	258	[6]
France	4.9	8.5	6.3	3250	2013[20][21]
Gabon	22.5
The Gambia	18.8	5228.6*
Georgia	15.7	144.8*
Germany	4.4	6.9	5.6 (2011)[6]	3 600	2012 official figures [22][23]
Ghana	22.2	233*			[24][25]
Greece	12.2	21	17.4		[6]
Guatemala	6.7	125.6*
Guinea	19.6
Guinea-Bissau	31.2	1042.4*
Guyana	27.8	209.5*
Honduras	18.8	139.2*
Hungary	9.1	14	14.1		[6]
Iceland	2.8	5	3.8		[6]
India	18.9	100.0		142 485	Official figures (2011)[26] (2010)[27] (2009) [28]
Indonesia	17.7	210.4*
Iran	23.38			17 994 (2013)[29]
Iraq	31.5	762.0*
Ireland	4.7	6.44	4.9	161 (2012)[30]	[6]
Israel	3.3	9.5	5.0	263 (290 Including the West Bank)	2012 [31]
Italy	7.2	12	5.57 (2009)	3650	[6] 2012 official figures for total number of deaths [32][33]
Jamaica	11.6	65.4*
Japan	5.2	6.8	7.7	4914	[6] 2009 official figures[34]
Jordan	22.9	234.2*		694	2011 official figures for total number of deaths[35]
Kazakhstan	21.9	155.3*
Kenya	20.9	1 638.1*
Kiribati	6.0	51.4*
South Korea	10.5	23.4	17.6		OECD 2011 figures[36] and 2012 official government figure[37]
Kuwait	16.5	33.3*
Kyrgyzstan	19.2	386.4*
Laos	20.4	871.4*
Latvia	10.8	29			(2011)[38]
Lebanon	22.3	65.7*
Lesotho	28.4
Liberia	19.0	10 966.7*
Libya	40.5[19]	139.2*
Lithuania	11.1	49.8	19.1		[16]
Luxembourg	6.3	8	5.4		[6]
Madagascar	18.4	1248.1*
Malawi	19.5	2888.9*
Malaysia	25.0	36.5		6745	2009 end[39]/[40]
Maldives	1.9	795.7*
Mali	23.1	3566.7*
Malta	3.8	4.6	4.9		[16]
Marshall Islands	7.4			4
Mauritania	28.0	7100.0*
Mauritius	12.2	69.8*
Mexico	14.7	78.4*		16 612	2011[41]
Federated States of Micronesia	1.8	400.0*
Mongolia	17.8	147.1		447	2010 [42]
Montenegro	15.0	44.5		95	2010 [43]
Morocco	18.0	398.6*
Mozambique	18.5	580.6*
Myanmar	15.0	105.9*
Namibia	25.0	262.4*
Nauru	9.9[19]	63.5*
Nepal	16.0	1677.8*
Netherlands	3.9	7	5.6	640	[44]
New Zealand	9.1	11	9.1	375 (2010)284 (2011)	[6] official figures[45]
Nicaragua	18.8	249.1*
Niger	23.7	9425.0*
Nigeria	33.7	1041.9*
Norway	4.3	8	3.5	154	2012 [46][47]
Oman	30.4	94.7*
Pakistan	17.4	2300.0*
Palau	14.7
Palestinian territories	3.2	86.5*		120	2011 (West Bank) [48]
Panama	14.1	105.8*
Papua New Guinea	13.0	1092.3*
Paraguay	21.4	240.2*
Peru	15.9	390.9*
Philippines	9.1	606.1*
Poland	8.5	17.3	13.5 (2012)	3291 (2013)	2014[49]
Portugal	11.8	15		368[50]	[51]
Puerto Rico	12.8[19]
Qatar	14.0	32.7*	12		[52]
Republic of Macedonia	7.9	43.9*
Republic of Moldova	13.9	108.6*
Romania	10.1	40.1		2 040	2012 official figures
Russia	18.6	55.4		27 991	2012 official figures [53]
Rwanda	19.9	7900.0*
Saint Lucia	14.9	106.0*
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.6	32.4*
Samoa	16.4	312.2*
San Marino	0			0
Sao Tome and Principe	20.6
Saudi Arabia	24.8	86.3*
Senegal	19.5	1413.0*
Serbia	8.3	43.2*		656	2010 official figures [54]
Seychelles	15.0	106.9*
Sierra Leone	22.6	2 572.7*
Singapore	5.1	30.4*
Slovakia	9.4	14.2	24.5		[11]
Slovenia	7.2	17	7.8		[6]
Solomon Islands	14.7
South Africa	31.9	208.8*		13 802	March 2011 Road Traffic Report[55]
Spain	5.4	10	11.7	1484	2011[3][6]
Sri Lanka	13.7	221.3*
Sudan	25.1	1239.3*
Suriname	19.6	102.4*		87	2011 Report [56]
Swaziland	23.4	295.5*
Sweden	3.0	7	3.2	270	[6] (2008) [57] (Preliminary results for 2010)
Switzerland	4.2	5.8	6.2	339	2012[58][59][60][61]
Syrian Arab Republic	22.9	530.6*
Tajikistan	18.1	371.1*
Thailand	38.1	118.8*
Timor-Leste	19.5
Togo	17.2	14 050.0*
Tonga	5.8	40.2*
Trinidad and Tobago	16.7	44.2*
Tunisia	18.8	302.6*
Turkey	12.0	97.1*
Turkmenistan	18.6[19]	175.5*
Tuvalu	9.6[19]
Uganda	28.9	3528.6*
Ukraine	13.5	50.4		5094	2012 official figures [62]
United Arab Emirates	12.7	118.5*	310		[52]
United Kingdom	2.75	5.1	3.6	1 754	Great Britain only: Department for Transport 2012 official figures[63]
United Republic of Tanzania	22.7
United States of America	10.4	15	8.5	33 808	[6]
Uruguay	21.5	73.6*
Uzbekistan	11.3
Vanuatu	16.3	344.4*
Venezuela	37.2	148.3*
Vietnam	24.7	55.9
Yemen	23.7	837.1*
Zambia	23.8	1 422.2*
Zimbabwe	14.6	259.4*