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.
According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in the year 2016.
That is, one person is killed every 25 seconds. Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people, have adequate laws that address all five risk factors. 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.
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.
74 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.
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, and lowest in the European Region.
Adults aged between 15 and 44 years account for 59 percent of global road traffic deaths. 77 percent of road deaths are males.
The total fatalities figures comes from the WHO report and are often an adjusted number of road traffic fatalities in order to reflect the different reporting and counting methods among the many countries, or "to compensate for under-reporting in some countries".

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.
CountryContinentRoad 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
Year, data source
World18.21,350,0002016
Africa26.6246,7192016
Eastern Mediterranean18.0122,7302016
Western Pacific16.9328,5912016
South-east Asia20.7316,0802016
Americas15.6153,7892016
Europe985,6292018
15.54,7342013
13.63992018
23.89,3372013
7.662013
26.95,7692013
6.762013
13.65,6192013
17.14992018
5.65.21,3512016
4.75.14522019
Europe7.5527222018
13.8522013
782017
13.621,3162013
6.7192013
13.78412018
5.47.36572019
24.4812013
27.52,9862016
15.11142013
23.23,4762013
15.75522018
23.64772013
23.446,9352013
96012019
30.05,0722013
17.42,6352013
27.66,1362013
5.85.12,1182016
26.11302013
33.61,5462016
24.13,0892013
12.42,1792013
18.2256,1802018
16.88,1072013
26.41,1742013
24.252013
13.96762013
7.33402019
7.58402013
5.9602019
5.811.56302019
33.726,5292016
3.43.92272019
24.72162013
15.3112013
29.33,0522013
20.13,1642013
12.810,4662013
21.11,3392013
24.11,5272013
3.9522019
26.727,3262016
5.8512013
3.85.12602019
55.83,5852019
22.93832013
29.45442013
Europe11.85142013
3.74.23,3272019
26.26,7892013
6.56992019
19.02,9392013
28.23,4902016
27.54682013
17.31382013
17.41,4082013
6.27562019
6.64.9222016
22.6299,0912018
12.231,7262018
20.516,4262016
20.26,8262013
2.93.81942019
4.25.93452016
5.23,3332019
24.24,9242013
11.53202013
4.16.45,2242016
26.31,9132013
Asia17.63,1582018
29.112,8912013
2.932013
18.76292013
15.49162018
14.39712013
6.92052019
8.94872019
28.25842013
35.91,6572016
26.11,6452016
6.62342019
5.7362018
6.41342018
28.46,5062013
31.05,6012016
23.67,3742016
3.5122013
25.63,9202013
6.1262018
5.732013
24.59522013
12.21582013
12.327.515,0622013
1.922013
002013
16.54992018
10.7672016
18.06,8702013
31.68,1732013
20.310,8092013
23.95512013
17.04,7132013
3.84.76482019
7.87.23642016
15.39312013
26.44,7062013
20.535,6212013
23.01102019
25.49242013
14.225,7812013
4.812013
10.03862013
16.81,2322013
20.71,4082013
13.94,2342013
10.510,3792013
7.73,6982019
6.37682019
15.23302013
Europe9.73942018
9.61,8812019
18.025,9692016
32.13,7822013
18.1332013
8.292013
15.8302013
3.212013
27.5552016
27.47,8982013
27.23,8442013
7.66492019
8.682013
27.31,6612013
3.61972013
4.53302019
4.97.01342019
19.21082013
25.43,8842016
25.113,2732013
6.53,3492019
3.71,9222019
17.43,6912013
24.39,2212013
19.11032013
24.23032013
2.23.82232019
2.23.22232019
7.81,8492019
18.11,5772018
32.916,2112013
32.722,4912016
16.61882013
31.12,1232013
7.682013
14.11892013
24.42,6792013
12.39,7822016
14.58232018
27.410,2802013
13.76,0892016
18.11,6782013
2.93.42,0192019
12.47.339,8882018
13.44602016
11.53,6172016
16.6422013
24.522,4192013
21.55,2482013
24.73,5862013
28.23,9852013