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How many people die on the roads in each country?

WHO's modelled estimates for 2023 give a median of 11.67 road deaths per 100,000 people across 183 countries, from 0.90 in Maldives to 53.98 in Dem. People's Republic of Korea; in the 46 countries with a usable death-register rate and a Eurostat or ITF rate for the same year from 2018 on, the register rate is the higher one in 17.

FijiTanzaniaW. SaharaCanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanUzbekistanPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanChadHaitiDominican Rep.RussiaBahamasFalkland Is.NorwayGreenlandFr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-LesteSouth AfricaLesothoMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalMaliMauritaniaBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaSierra LeoneBurkina FasoCentral African Rep.CongoGabonEq. GuineaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueeSwatiniAngolaBurundiIsraelLebanonMadagascarPalestineGambiaTunisiaAlgeriaJordanUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitIraqOmanVanuatuCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayYemenSaudi ArabiaN. CyprusCyprusMoroccoEgyptLibyaEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalilandUgandaRwandaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegroKosovoTrinidad and TobagoS. SudanMicronesiaU.S. Virgin Is.AnguillaCayman Is.BermudaBritish Virgin Is.MontserratTongaSingaporeSeychellesSão Tomé and PrincipeSan MarinoSamoaSt. Vin. and Gren.Saint LuciaSt. Kitts and NevisCook Is.ArubaMauritiusMaltaMaldivesLiechtensteinKiribatiGrenadaSt. Pierre and MiquelonDominicaComorosHong KongCabo VerdeBarbadosBahrainAntigua and Barb.Andorra

road traffic deaths per 100,000 people

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Road traffic deaths per 100,000 people. one year, not an average. Sort by any column.
Afghanistan22.8622.86–––202352 Low
Albania7.229.917.22––202569 Moderate
Algeria16.0116.01–––202352 Low
Andorra4.86––4.86–202057 Low
Angola13.8913.89–––202352 Low
Anguilla41.45––41.45–202160 Moderate
Antigua and Barbuda5.416.96–5.41–202164 Moderate
Argentina10.2810.2812.247.45–202358 Low
Armenia12.8413.2812.849.24–202371 Moderate
Aruba12.06––12.06–202260 Moderate
Australia4.834.894.834.57–202486 High
Austria3.84.51(3.85)3.483.8202478 Moderate
Azerbaijan6.6314.816.630.99–202565 Moderate
Bahamas18.318.3–8.76–202350 Low
Bahrain7.967.96–5.93–202363 Moderate
Bangladesh20.4520.45–––202352 Low
Barbados9.839.83–5.04–202349 Low
Belarus6.446.44–6.72–202378 Moderate
Belgium4.64.75(4.64)3.954.6202276 Moderate
Belize22.114.76–22.1–202262 Moderate
Benin27.6827.68–––202352 Low
Bermuda21.66––21.66–202160 Moderate
Bhutan19.1119.11–––202352 Low
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)15.0615.06–(0.4)–202352 Low
Bosnia and Herzegovina6.9212.246.92(0.03)–202461 Moderate
Botswana15.0416.45–15.04–202176 Moderate
Brazil16.1415.42–16.14–202379 Moderate
British Virgin Islands13.22––13.22–202160 Moderate
Brunei Darussalam3.032.89–3.03–202482 High
Bulgaria7.897.89(7.73)5.868.1202373 Moderate
Burkina Faso31.6831.68–––202352 Low
Burundi15.8915.89–––202352 Low
Cabo Verde15.3715.37–0.39–202348 Low
Cambodia13.3213.32–––202352 Low
Cameroon5.275.27–––202352 Low
Canada55.3154.43–202376 Moderate
Cayman Islands10.4––10.4–201957 Low
Central African Republic23.1523.15–––202352 Low
Chad25.2925.29–––202352 Low
Chile10.1610.5210.168.37–202378 Moderate
China17.4817.48–––202352 Low
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region1.21––1.21–202463 Moderate
Colombia16.6616.16–16.66–202380 High
Comoros27.7627.76–––202352 Low
Congo5.725.72–––202352 Low
Cook Islands21.09––21.09–202360 Moderate
Costa Rica17.6917.9–17.69–202381 High
Côte d'Ivoire21.821.8–––202352 Low
Croatia7.197.19(7.03)7.317.1202385 High
Cuba7.754.11–7.75–202353 Low
Cyprus3.653.65–4.353.6202378 Moderate
Czechia4.54.71(4.6)3.674.5202476 Moderate
Dem. People's Republic of Korea53.9853.98–––202352 Low
Democratic Republic of the Congo17.5717.57–––202352 Low
Denmark2.262.26(2.22)2.462.2202183 High
Djibouti22.8422.84–––202352 Low
Dominica8.98––8.98–202260 Moderate
Dominican Republic20.6930–20.69–202255 Low
Ecuador22.4219.83–22.42–202478 Moderate
Egypt7.927.92–6.5–202370 Moderate
El Salvador20.1220.12–14.13–202363 Moderate
Equatorial Guinea11.6711.67–––202352 Low
Eritrea14.3814.38–––202352 Low
Estonia4.784.34(5.07)4.785202486 High
Eswatini23.3623.36–––202352 Low
Ethiopia16.1416.14–––202352 Low
Fiji4.694.69–12.14–202350 Low
Finland3.23.55(3.22)3.063.2202485 High
France4.64.89(4.77)3.314.6202366 Moderate
French Guiana7.55––7.55–202260 Moderate
Gabon11.3911.39–––202352 Low
Gambia20.6520.65–––202352 Low
Georgia11.6611.8411.6611.14–202490 High
Germany3.393.39(3.32)3.33.4202285 High
Ghana36.5536.55–––202352 Low
Greece6.636.63(6.28)7.346.3202281 High
Grenada4.275.81–4.27–202360 Moderate
Guadeloupe9.44––9.44–202260 Moderate
Guatemala12.1112.09–12.11–202381 High
Guinea23.3423.34–––202352 Low
Guinea-Bissau28.6128.61–––202352 Low
Guyana16.6516.65–11.76–202363 Moderate
Haiti41.8141.81–(0.17)–202352 Low
Honduras18.0718.07–(0.79)–202352 Low
Hungary6.246.24(5.14)6.525.2202378 Moderate
Iceland2.312.31(2.37)2.162.4202284 High
India16.1916.1910.88––202365 Moderate
Indonesia11.4211.42–––202352 Low
Iran (Islamic Republic of)19.419.4–17.96–202376 Moderate
Iraq20.420.4–4.72–202350 Low
Ireland2.93.05(2.97)1.832.9202265 Moderate
Israel3.943.92.96–202371 Moderate
Italy5.25.25(5.11)4.925.2202387 High
Jamaica0.9917.72–0.99–202152 Low
Japan2.672.72.622.67–202389 High
Jordan3.1313.73–3.13–202352 Low
Kazakhstan10.2513.2710.259.75–202071 Moderate
Kenya34.9834.98–––202352 Low
Kiribati6.016.01–3.32–202351 Low
Kuwait5.618.04–5.61–202459 Low
Kyrgyzstan10.0413.78–10.04–202359 Low
Lao People's Democratic Republic11.4211.42–––202352 Low
Latvia610.34(5.93)5.676202460 Moderate
Lebanon2.936.86–2.93–202352 Low
Lesotho19.8819.88–––202352 Low
Liberia15.9215.92–––202352 Low
Libya33.3433.34–(7.06)–202352 Low
Liechtenstein7.4–(7.52)–7.4202471 Moderate
Lithuania4.35.95(4.34)4.094.3202468 Moderate
Luxembourg3.73.94(3.75)2.53.7202163 Moderate
Madagascar23.8123.81–––202352 Low
Malawi21.6621.66–––202352 Low
Malaysia10.3610.36–9.36–202375 Moderate
Maldives0.971.37–0.97–202157 Low
Mali18.0218.02–––202352 Low
Malta5.35.42(5.3)4.715.3202282 High
Martinique4.5––4.5–202260 Moderate
Mauritania4.854.85–––202352 Low
Mauritius11.7211.37–11.72–202483 High
Mayotte1.64––1.64–202260 Moderate
Mexico11.1811.181.4412.57–202357 Low
Micronesia (Federated States of)29.9829.98–(0)–202252 Low
Mongolia14.111.67–14.1–202475 Moderate
Montenegro1212.6210.162.5712202466 Moderate
Montserrat0––0–202360 Moderate
Morocco16.2416.2412.76(3.09)–202367 Moderate
Mozambique17.3217.32–––202352 Low
Myanmar14.3214.32–––202352 Low
Namibia17.6817.68–––202352 Low
Nepal36.1536.15–––202352 Low
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)3.73.633.73.873.1202478 Moderate
New Zealand5.168.15.166.48–202560 Moderate
Nicaragua12.312.74–12.3–202279 Moderate
Niger27.9327.93–––202352 Low
Nigeria17.0317.03–––202352 Low
North Macedonia7.197.197.791.48–202364 Moderate
Norway1.672.04(1.56)1.671.6202478 Moderate
Oman2.416.84–2.41–202455 Low
Pakistan11.2611.26–––202352 Low
Panama7.964.95–7.96–202359 Low
Papua New Guinea13.7413.74–(0.13)–202352 Low
Paraguay19.3220.67–19.32–202277 Moderate
Peru6.1610.8–6.16–202252 Low
Philippines8.348.34–11.9–202355 Low
Poland5.527.18(4.92)5.525.2202469 Moderate
Portugal6.766.89(5.93)6.765.7202276 Moderate
Puerto Rico10.64––10.64–202360 Moderate
Qatar4.967.27–4.96–202457 Low
Republic of Korea5.865.864.935.89–202381 High
Republic of Moldova7.997.996.468.42–202372 Moderate
Réunion3.64––3.64–202268 Moderate
Romania8.18.87(8.08)7.98.1202380 High
Russian Federation8.138.13–11.99–202351 Low
Rwanda10.3710.37–––202352 Low
Saint Kitts and Nevis12.85––12.85–202260 Moderate
Saint Lucia10.5510.55–14.03–202361 Moderate
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0––0–201054 Low
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.787.5–10.78–202263 Moderate
Samoa9.899.89–––202352 Low
San Marino2.85––2.85–202360 Moderate
Sao Tome and Principe10.2710.27–––202352 Low
Saudi Arabia12.1414.66–12.14–202473 Moderate
Senegal22.3522.35–––202352 Low
Serbia7.627.62(7.63)6.517.8202384 High
Seychelles6.446.44–6.04–202176 Moderate
Sierra Leone19.2419.24–––202352 Low
Singapore2.181.54–2.18–202264 Moderate
Slovakia4.86.47(4.76)4.744.8202472 Moderate
Slovenia3.486.73(3.21)3.483.2202460 Moderate
Solomon Islands9.399.39–(0.15)–202352 Low
Somalia15.115.1–––202352 Low
South Africa22.1322.13–7.57–202350 Low
South Sudan22.1422.14–––202352 Low
Spain3.753.89(3.73)3.753.7202487 High
Sri Lanka12.6412.64–12.08–202378 Moderate
Sudan18.8918.89–––202352 Low
Suriname15.6515.65–11.82–202364 Moderate
Sweden2.132.23(2.01)2.132202488 High
Switzerland2.72.75(2.66)2.322.7202377 Moderate
Syrian Arab Republic31.731.7–7.16–202348 Low
Tajikistan3.3812.46–3.38–202252 Low
Thailand23.2621.85–23.26–202378 Moderate
Timor-Leste13.5713.57–––202352 Low
Togo24.1324.13–––202352 Low
Tonga9.039.03–––202352 Low
Trinidad and Tobago4.044.04–6.41–202350 Low
Tunisia4.316.34–4.3–202152 Low
Türkiye7.58.077.56.09–202371 Moderate
Turkmenistan6.216.21–2.11–202348 Low
Turks and Caicos Islands–––(6.63)––No usable source
Uganda15.7315.73–––202352 Low
Ukraine9.6411.127.559.64–201963 Moderate
United Arab Emirates3.455.06–3.45–202359 Low
United Kingdom2.422.542.422.4(2.8)202491 High
United Republic of Tanzania13.4413.44–––202352 Low
United States of America13.0718.3811.9313.07–202361 Moderate
United States Virgin Islands8.17––8.17–202360 Moderate
Uruguay12.0711.55–12.07–202379 Moderate
Uzbekistan6.068.946.065.51–202464 Moderate
Vanuatu10.0310.03–––202352 Low
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)9.619.61–15.3–202350 Low
Viet Nam12.9412.94–––202352 Low
Yemen29.5929.59–––202352 Low
Zambia16.3516.35–––202352 Low
Zimbabwe29.4829.48–––202352 Low

Each source's value links to its publisher; point at it for the source and year. A value in brackets is shown but doesn't count, and pointing at it says why. Retrieved 2026-10-25, 2026-11-02.

About this data

Every source on this page (4)

Who is behind the sources

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Each publisher, its funding and its own description
  • World Health Organization (WHO) · International bodyFunding: Assessed contributions (membership dues) from member states, plus voluntary contributions from member states and other partners. sourceIn its own words: “…WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health…” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • OECD · International bodyFunding: Contributions from its member countries, set by a formula based on the size of each economy, plus voluntary contributions. sourceIn its own words: “Our core aim is to set international standards and support their implementation…” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • Eurostat · International bodyFunding: EU budget; Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The gender-based violence survey was run with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), also EU-funded. sourceIn its own words: “Our mission is to provide high-quality statistics and data on Europe.” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • WHO Global Health Estimates 2023, road injuryWorld Health Organization (WHO) (international body) · Model-based estimateUsed for 183 countries; counts toward 183. Years 2021 to 2023. Retrieved 2026-11-02.Open the publisher's page
  • WHO Mortality Database, road traffic deathsWorld Health Organization (WHO) (international body) · Death and health registersUsed for 140 countries; counts toward 130. Years 2001 to 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-25.Not counted where: too few deaths were registered that year for its rate to count (each row says how many); a rate this close to zero in a population this big reflects how deaths are coded.Open the publisher's page
  • Eurostat, road traffic deaths (sdg_11_40)Eurostat (international body) · Administrative recordsUsed for 34 countries; counts toward 33. Years 2018 to 2024. Retrieved 2026-11-02.Not counted where: it republishes ITF.Open the publisher's pageData (API)
  • OECD/ITF, annual road fatalitiesOECD (international body) · Administrative recordsUsed for 56 countries; counts toward 26. Years 2000 to 2025. Retrieved 2026-11-02.Not counted where: it republishes Eurostat.Open the publisher's pageData (API)
Why the numbers differ (15)
  • The 30-day limit. WHO says its estimates follow ICD-10 and count all deaths in a calendar year that result from a road crash, whatever the time since the crash, unlike many official road traffic records, which use a 30-day definition. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • The definition Eurostat and ITF share: a person killed is anyone dying immediately or within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides. Countries that do not apply the 30-day limit get a conversion coefficient. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Death certificates and road crash figures. WHO's register line counts cause-of-death codes sent by national statistics offices or health ministries. Eurostat and ITF count deaths in road crashes within 30 days. In the 46 countries with both for the same year from 2018 on, the register rate is the higher one in 17, and the median register rate is 0.96 times the Eurostat or ITF rate. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
  • The Netherlands. CBS builds its road death count from death certificates, files from public prosecutors and Rijkswaterstaat's crash register. ITF's count equals it in 30 of 30 years, so that line shares death certificates with the WHO register line. The values still differ, and both are counted, so they are not two fully independent sources. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Eurostat says police-registered deaths in the Netherlands are under-reported, at around 84% of the national total: 566 in its CARE data against 675 published nationally in 2024. Across countries it says the data are compiled by police, ministries or statistical authorities, so only its Dutch line is typed as police records here. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Where European crash data come from. The European Commission says national data sets enter its CARE database with their national structure and definitions, and that countries have their own registration systems, not always compatible with CARE. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • The Commission's common data structure for that database is also offered as a recommendation for national police road accident data collection reports. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Under-reporting. WHO reports that across countries taking part in its road safety reports, its estimates average 1.7 to 1.8 times the deaths governments report. In a record-linkage study in Lusaka Province, Zambia, it reports police records as about 19% complete, hospital records 12% and vital statistics 14%. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Modelling. WHO's estimate is not a count. Countries with death registration at least 80% complete use those data, and for countries without eligible registers WHO uses a negative binomial regression. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • WHO says road injury deaths in its estimates were adjusted upwards where needed to take account of surveillance data from countries, and that the time series were extrapolated to 2023 using available death registers and cause fractions from GBD 2023. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Extrapolated years. Among the 62 countries with a usable WHO register rate for 2023, the estimate for 2023 is at least 25% above the register rate in 25, including the United States of America (18.38 against 13.07). (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • One set of figures, two publishers. Eurostat and ITF counts match for 31 European countries, identically in 641 of 742 country-years, so one of the two is marked as a copy there and counts once. They differ in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (566 against 675 in 2024), so both count there. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Which codes count. The register line uses WHO's road injury list, which is finer on 4-character ICD-10 codes than on 3-character ones. Each line's definition gives the codes. Before ICD-10, the series use ICD-9 motor vehicle traffic accidents (E810-E819) and ICD-8 motor vehicle accidents (E810-E823). (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Condensed lists. 6 countries' latest files have only one item for all transport accidents (V01-V99), which also counts rail, water and air deaths, so those lines carry half weight. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
  • Population. Eurostat divides by the average of two 1 January populations and publishes one decimal. The WHO register line uses WHO's population file. The ITF line here uses UN population, so it can differ slightly from the rate ITF publishes. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
Common mistakes (2)
  • Comparing a rate per 100,000 people with a rate per billion vehicle-kilometres or per 10,000 road motor vehicles. ITF publishes all three, and each has a different base. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Reading a WHO estimate as a count. For countries without eligible death registers it comes from a regression model. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
Context (6)
Sources considered and not used (8)
  • WHO GHO API, indicator RS_198 (estimated road traffic death rate): ghoapi.azureedge.net answered every request with HTTP 500 on 2 November 2026, so no RS_198 values were read. WHO's methods paper says its Global Health Estimates use the same report's estimates for 2000-2021, so the WHO estimate line takes that table instead. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • ITF website (Road Safety Annual Report and country profiles): itf-oecd.org answered scripted downloads with HTTP 403 on 2 November 2026, as did oecd.org's road accidents page. ITF's data and dataset description came from the OECD SDMX API, and nothing was read from these reports. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • OECD/ITF rates with no count (Cambodia, Morocco after 2000): ITF's indicator table gives a rate for these, but its fatalities table has no count for those years. The ITF line here is count divided by UN population, so they are left out. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Eurostat tran_sf_roadus: It holds the same counts as sdg_11_40 and adds 1999, but only in whole persons per million, which rounds differently from sdg_11_40 in many years. The Eurostat line stays on one table. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • WHO Mortality Database, United Kingdom parts: Eurostat and ITF give only the United Kingdom total, so the page uses WHO's total too and not England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  • WHO Mortality Database, ICD-7 file: The ICD-7 file (morticd07.zip) ends in 1972, before the 1980 start of the series. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • WHO Mortality Database, Rodrigues and former entities: Rodrigues is part of Mauritius, and former entities such as the Netherlands Antilles are not current countries.
  • WHO Mortality Database, countries with no ICD-10 data: WHO's files hold ICD-9 or ICD-8 deaths for these countries but no year coded in ICD-10, so they have no WHO register line: Albania, Macau, Monaco, Myanmar, Sao Tome and Principe, Zimbabwe. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
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