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

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

See also

• Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions
• Traffic collision
• Road traffic safety
• Smeed's law
• List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

Nations:

• List of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year
• Road toll (Australia and New Zealand)
• List of motor vehicle deaths in Iceland by year
• List of road traffic accidents deaths in the Republic of Ireland by year
• List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year
• List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year
• Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year
• Road safety in Europe

General:

• List of causes of death by rate

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. 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]}

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External links

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