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WORLD ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT!

More than 1,300,000 people die in fatal Road Traffic Accidents per year, over 40,000 in America alone. Alcohol is the leading cause. World and regional death rate rankings can be seen here. Add colors to the chart to correlate to the map. Regional rankings are below.

 
 
 
 
 
1 DOMINICAN REP. 67.2
2 ZIMBABWE 63.5
3 MALAWI 57.2
4 LIBERIA 55.9
5 ERITREA 54.1
6 UGANDA 53.6
7 BURUNDI 52.1
8 GAMBIA 51.3
9 SOUTH SUDAN 50.9
10 TANZANIA 49.3
11 MOZAMBIQUE 48.9
12 KENYA 48.0
13 CENTRAL AFRICA 46.5
14 NAMIBIA 44.0
15 RWANDA 43.9
16 BURKINA FASO 43.3
17 SAO TOME 42.6
18 CHAD 42.5
19 ETHIOPIA 42.4
20 MADAGASCAR 42.1
21 SIERRA LEONE 41.6
22 SWAZILAND 41.4
23 GUINEA-BISSAU 41.0
24 CAMEROON 40.2
25 DR CONGO 39.8
26 VENEZUELA 39.8
27 CONGO 39.7
28 SOMALIA 38.9
29 GUINEA 38.4
30 TONGA 38.4
31 COMOROS 37.4
32 LESOTHO 36.6
33 SUDAN 36.4
34 SAUDI ARABIA 36.1
35 SENEGAL 35.1
36 YEMEN 34.9
37 IRAQ 34.4
38 BENIN 33.9
39 TOGO 33.9
40 EQU. GUINEA 33.7
41 NIGER 33.4
42 COTE D IVOIRE 33.0
43 ZAMBIA 32.9
44 MAURITANIA 31.9
45 CAPE VERDE 31.6
46 GHANA 31.3
47 THAILAND 30.5
48 BOTSWANA 30.4
49 ANGOLA 30.1
50 VIET NAM 29.8
51 MALI 29.5
52 DJIBOUTI 29.1
53 GABON 28.5
54 NIGERIA 27.3
55 SAINT LUCIA 27.1
56 GUATEMALA 26.5
57 BELIZE 23.6
58 BOLIVIA 23.2
59 LIBYA 22.9
60 MALAYSIA 22.8
61 SOUTH AFRICA 22.7
62 PARAGUAY 22.6
63 GUYANA 22.4
64 NORTH KOREA 22.2
65 IRAN 22.1
66 CAMBODIA 21.9
67 ALGERIA 21.8
68 MONGOLIA 21.5
69 EL SALVADOR 21.4
70 HONDURAS 21.1
71 MYANMAR 20.9
72 NEPAL 20.7
73 ECUADOR 20.6
74 SOLOMON ISL. 20.4
75 HAITI 19.9
76 AFGHANISTAN 19.8
77 LAOS 19.8
78 JORDAN 19.7
79 TAJIKISTAN 19.4
80 KUWAIT 19.0
81 NICARAGUA 18.7
82 SRI LANKA 18.1
83 ARMENIA 17.5
84 VANUATU 17.4
85 BHUTAN 17.4
86 MOROCCO 17.3
87 SYRIA 16.8
88 BANGLADESH 16.7
89 LEBANON 16.6
90 INDIA 16.3
91 TUNISIA 16.0
92 SURINAME 15.5
93 SAMOA 15.4
94 TURKMENISTAN 15.4
95 PAKISTAN 15.2
96 CHINA 15.1
97 BRAZIL 15.1
98 COLOMBIA 14.7
99 NEW GUINEA 14.5
100 FIJI 14.3
101 JAMAICA 14.2
102 TIMOR-LESTE 14.1
103 COSTA RICA 14.0
104 PANAMA 14.0
105 ARGENTINA 13.9
106 URUGUAY 13.8
107 KYRGYZSTAN 13.8
108 CHILE 13.5
109 PHILIPPINES 13.4
110 PERU 13.4
111 MEXICO 12.9
112 KAZAKHSTAN 12.8
113 OMAN 12.6
114 UZBEKISTAN 12.4
115 INDONESIA 11.9
116 EGYPT 11.8
117 GEORGIA 11.3
118 ARAB EMIRATES 11.3
119 RUSSIA 11.2
120 UNITED STATES 11.1
121 SEYCHELLES 10.9
122 MAURITIUS 10.9
123 BOSNIA/HERZEG. 10.8
124 ALBANIA 9.9
125 UKRAINE 9.3
126 TRINIDAD/TOB. 9.1
127 NEW ZEALAND 8.8
128 QATAR 8.8
129 BULGARIA 8.6
130 ROMANIA 8.5
131 POLAND 8.2
132 BARBADOS 8.0
133 GRENADA 7.8
134 BAHAMAS 7.4
135 CUBA 7.4
136 BRUNEI 7.4
137 LITHUANIA 7.2
138 LATVIA 7.2
139 SAINT VINCENT 7.1
140 GREECE 6.7
141 MOLDOVA 6.6
142 CROATIA 6.6
143 AZERBAIJAN 6.6
144 MONTENEGRO 6.5
145 TURKEY 6.5
146 BELARUS 6.5
147 HUNGARY 6.3
148 SERBIA 6.2
149 PORTUGAL 6.0
150 SOUTH KOREA 5.8
151 BAHRAIN 5.6
152 CZECH REPUBLIC 5.5
153 SLOVAKIA 5.3
154 BELGIUM 5.1
155 CYPRUS 4.9
156 FRANCE 4.6
157 CANADA 4.6
158 AUSTRALIA 4.5
159 SLOVENIA 4.4
160 NO MACEDONIA 4.2
161 AUSTRIA 4.2
162 ITALY 4.1
163 ISRAEL 3.9
164 ESTONIA 3.7
165 LUXEMBOURG 3.6
166 MALTA 3.4
167 SPAIN 3.1
168 FINLAND 3.1
169 DENMARK 3.0
170 GERMANY 3.0
171 IRELAND 2.9
172 NETHERLANDS 2.8
173 UNITED KINGDOM 2.8
174 SWEDEN 2.6
175 JAPAN 2.2
176 KIRIBATI 2.2
177 MALDIVES 1.9
178 ICELAND 1.8
179 NORWAY 1.8
180 SWITZERLAND 1.7
181 SINGAPORE 1.7
182 MICRONESIA 0.2
183 ANTIGUA/BAR. 0.0
Road Traffic Accidents
Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

Africa

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Zimbabwe
63.47
2
2. Malawi
57.15
3
3. Liberia
55.89
4
4. Eritrea
54.13
5
5. Uganda
53.60
6
6. Burundi
52.10
7
7. Gambia
51.34
8
8. South Sudan
50.94
9
9. Tanzania
49.33
10
10. Mozambique
48.90
11
11. Kenya
48.00
12
12. Central Africa
46.52
13
13. Namibia
44.05
14
14. Rwanda
43.89
15
15. Burkina Faso
43.30
16
16. Sao Tome
42.59
17
17. Chad
42.50
18
18. Ethiopia
42.41
19
19. Madagascar
42.06
20
20. Sierra Leone
41.61
21
21. Swaziland
41.36
22
22. Guinea-Bissau
40.96
23
23. Cameroon
40.18
24
24. DR Congo
39.80
25
25. Congo
39.65
27
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Somalia
38.94
28
27. Guinea
38.43
29
28. Comoros
37.42
31
29. Lesotho
36.62
32
30. Sudan
36.38
33
31. Senegal
35.06
35
32. Benin
33.95
38
33. Togo
33.94
39
34. Equ. Guinea
33.71
40
35. Niger
33.36
41
36. Cote d Ivoire
32.96
42
37. Zambia
32.93
43
38. Mauritania
31.87
44
39. Cape Verde
31.57
45
40. Ghana
31.33
46
41. Botswana
30.39
48
42. Angola
30.07
49
43. Mali
29.48
51
44. Djibouti
29.07
52
45. Gabon
28.47
53
46. Nigeria
27.25
54
47. South Africa
22.70
61
48. Seychelles
10.94
121
49. Mauritius
10.85
122

Asia

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Thailand
30.48
47
2. Viet Nam
29.81
50
3. Malaysia
22.76
60
4. North Korea
22.21
64
5. Cambodia
21.90
66
6. Mongolia
21.50
68
7. Myanmar
20.94
71
8. Nepal
20.65
72
9. Afghanistan
19.81
76
10. Laos
19.78
77
11. Tajikistan
19.35
79
12. Sri Lanka
18.07
82
13. Armenia
17.47
83
14. Bhutan
17.35
85
15. Bangladesh
16.74
88
16. India
16.33
90
17. Turkmenistan
15.37
94
Region Rank Rate World Rank
18. Pakistan
15.18
95
19. China
15.09
96
20. Timor-Leste
14.12
102
21. Kyrgyzstan
13.82
107
22. Philippines
13.42
109
23. Kazakhstan
12.85
112
24. Uzbekistan
12.38
114
25. Indonesia
11.88
115
26. Georgia
11.30
117
27. Russia
11.23
119
28. Brunei
7.38
136
29. Azerbaijan
6.56
143
30. South Korea
5.76
150
31. Japan
2.21
175
32. Maldives
1.85
177
33. Singapore
1.69
181

South America

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Venezuela
39.75
26
2. Guatemala
26.54
56
3. Belize
23.61
57
4. Bolivia
23.15
58
5. Paraguay
22.60
62
6. Guyana
22.39
63
7. El Salvador
21.36
69
8. Honduras
21.07
70
9. Ecuador
20.60
73
10. Nicaragua
18.75
81
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Suriname
15.53
92
12. Brazil
15.08
97
13. Colombia
14.72
98
14. Costa Rica
14.00
103
15. Panama
13.99
104
16. Argentina
13.91
105
17. Uruguay
13.84
106
18. Chile
13.48
108
19. Peru
13.36
110

North America

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Dominican Rep.
67.23
1
2. Saint Lucia
27.06
55
3. Haiti
19.91
75
4. Jamaica
14.23
101
5. Mexico
12.86
111
6. United States
11.10
120
7. Trinidad/Tob.
9.09
126
Region Rank Rate World Rank
8. Barbados
7.96
132
9. Grenada
7.76
133
10. Bahamas
7.42
134
11. Cuba
7.39
135
12. Saint Vincent
7.11
139
13. Canada
4.58
157
14. Antigua/Bar.
0.00
183

Europe

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Bosnia/Herzeg.
10.79
123
2. Albania
9.88
124
3. Ukraine
9.34
125
4. Bulgaria
8.59
129
5. Romania
8.54
130
6. Poland
8.18
131
7. Lithuania
7.24
137
8. Latvia
7.17
138
9. Greece
6.68
140
10. Moldova
6.60
141
11. Croatia
6.58
142
12. Montenegro
6.53
144
13. Belarus
6.48
146
14. Hungary
6.33
147
15. Serbia
6.23
148
16. Portugal
5.99
149
17. Czech Republic
5.54
152
18. Slovakia
5.28
153
19. Belgium
5.10
154
20. Cyprus
4.90
155
Region Rank Rate World Rank
21. France
4.60
156
22. Slovenia
4.41
159
23. No Macedonia
4.25
160
24. Austria
4.18
161
25. Italy
4.13
162
26. Estonia
3.70
164
27. Luxembourg
3.62
165
28. Malta
3.44
166
29. Spain
3.15
167
30. Finland
3.09
168
31. Denmark
3.00
169
32. Germany
2.98
170
33. Ireland
2.92
171
34. Netherlands
2.83
172
35. United Kingdom
2.81
173
36. Sweden
2.57
174
37. Iceland
1.78
178
38. Norway
1.76
179
39. Switzerland
1.71
180

Oceania

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Tonga
38.39
30
2. Solomon Isl.
20.40
74
3. Vanuatu
17.40
84
4. Samoa
15.42
93
5. New Guinea
14.45
99
Region Rank Rate World Rank
6. Fiji
14.33
100
7. New Zealand
8.83
127
8. Australia
4.46
158
9. Kiribati
2.17
176
10. Micronesia
0.18
182

Middle East

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Saudi Arabia
36.13
34
2. Yemen
34.92
36
3. Iraq
34.41
37
4. Libya
22.90
59
5. Iran
22.15
65
6. Algeria
21.81
67
7. Jordan
19.68
78
8. Kuwait
18.99
80
9. Morocco
17.29
86
10. Syria
16.75
87
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Lebanon
16.56
89
12. Tunisia
16.02
91
13. Oman
12.63
113
14. Egypt
11.77
116
15. Arab Emirates
11.25
118
16. Qatar
8.79
128
17. Turkey
6.52
145
18. Bahrain
5.64
151
19. Israel
3.93
163
ICD-10 CODES: V01-V04, V06, V09-V80, V87, V89, V99
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica,
Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.