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Main page This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road Contents fatalities per capita per year and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. Featured content According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.26 million Current events deaths worldwide in the year 2000. The average rate was 20.8 per 100,000 people, 30.8 for males, Random article 11.0 for females. 90% occurred in low and middle income countries, with South-East Asia and Africa Donate to Wikipedia having the highest rates.[1] Interaction The number of vehicles in the fatalities per number of vehicles includes 2-wheelers and is mostly Help based on the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety[2]. The total fatalities number also comes About Wikipedia from the WHO report and is often an estimated number of road traffic deaths based on method used Community portal in the report.[2] Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Road Road Road Toolbox fatalities fatalities fatalities Total per per per 1 fatalities Country Source Print/export 100,000 100,000 billion latest inhabitants motor vehicle- year per year vehicles km World 20.8 93.3 1,230,000 2007[2] Road fatalities per vehicle-km (fatalities per 1 billion 39.0 1,447.9 vehicle-km) 10593 2007-2008[2] Afghanistan less than 5.0 Albania 13.9 127.3 5.0-6.5 445 2007[2] Angola 37.7 957.4 6.5-8.0 8.0-9.5 13.7 43.8 9.5-11.0 Argentina 11.0-12.5 Armenia 13.9 113.7 12.5-14.0 [3] Australia 7.7 8 6 14.0-15.5 1,616 2007 Austria 8.2 12 8.9 15.5-17.0 [4] 17.0-18.5 13.0 146.1 Azerbaijan 18.5-20.0 more than 20.0 Bahamas 14.5 176.8 8.9 [3] Bahrain 12.1 23.8

12.6 6,300.0 Bangladesh

12.2 64.9 Barbados Belarus 15.7 55.7 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate[19/03/2012 08:22:17] List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Belgium 10.1 17 10.8 Belize 15.6 87.6 Road fatalities per capita (fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year) Benin 31.2 1,485.7 less than 5 Bhutan 14.4 306.4 5-8.5 Bolivia 16.7 245.6 8.5-12 12-15.5 Bosnia 15.5-19 2010 official and 10.9 80.7 355 figures [5] Herzegovina 19-22.5 22.5-26 33.8 299.1 26-29.5 Botswana 29.5-33 Brazil 19.9 70.9 55.9 37,694 [6] 33-36.5 British 36.5-40 21.7 Virgin Islands more than 40 Brunei 13.8 19.8 Darussalam Bulgaria 13.5 48.4 32.8 [7] Burkina 31.1 2,827.3 Faso Burundi 23.4 3,900.0

12.1 Cambodia

28.1 3,512.5 Cameroon Canada 9.2 13 8.2 [4] Cape 25.1 267.0 Verde Central African 32.2 8,050.0 Republic Chad 34.3 5,716.7 Chile 13.7 79.7 China 16.5 445.9 Colombia 11.7 201.7 Comoros 30.3 918.2 Republic 28.8 1,107.7 of the Congo Cook 45.0 Islands

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Costa 15.4 94.5 Rica 2009 official Croatia 13.6 35.1 548 figures[8] Cuba 8.6 226.3 Cyprus 10.4 23.6 16.7 [7] Czech 10.4 20 19.5 [4] Republic

Democratic 32.2 6,440.0 Republic of the Congo Denmark 7.4 14 8.2 [4]

Dominican 17.3 140.7 Republic Ecuador 11.7 185.7 Egypt 8.1 188.4 6,486 2009[9] El 12.6 150.0 Salvador Eritrea 48.4 4,400.0 Estonia 7.5 34 17.5 101 Ethiopia 35.0 11,666.7 Fiji 7.0 40.0 Finland 6.5 11 7.0 [4] France 6.9 12 7.7 [4] The 36.6 5,228.6 Gambia Georgia 16.8 144.8 2010 official Germany 4.5 7.2 7.2(2009)[4] 3,657 figures [10] [11] Ghana 29.6 897.0 Greece 14.4 21 17.4 [4]

14.7 125.6 Guatemala Guinea- 34.4 1,042.4 Bissau Guyana 19.9 209.5

13.5 139.2 Honduras Hungary 9.9 27 27.1 [4] Iceland 3.8 5 3.9 [4] India 16.8 315.0

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16.2 210.4 Indonesia Iran 35.8 204.6 Iraq 38.1 762.0 186 Ireland 4.06 7.44 4.9 [4] (2011)[12] Israel 5.2 15.3 9 384 2011 official Italy 8.7 12 [4] Jamaica 12.3 65.4 2009 official Japan 3.85 6.8 4,914 figures[13] Jordan 34.2 234.2

30.6 155.3 Kazakhstan Kenya 34.4 1,638.1 Kiribati 7.4 51.4 Republic 12.7 29 19.3 [4] of Korea Kuwait 16.9 33.3

22.8 386.4 Kyrgyzstan Laos 18.3 871.4 Latvia 17.9 52 25.6 [7] Lebanon 28.5 65.7 Lesotho 26.7 Liberia 32.9 10,966.7 Libya 40.5 139.2 Lithuania 14.8 49.8 19.1 [7]

9.0 8 5.4 [4] Luxembourg

33.7 1,248.1 Madagascar Malawi 26.0 2,888.9 2009 Malaysia 24.1 36.5 6,745 end[14]/[15] Maldives 18.3 795.7 Mali 32.1 3,566.7 Malta 3.4 4.6 4.9 [7] Marshall 1.7 Islands

35.5 7,100.0 Mauritania

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Mauritius 11.1 69.8 Mexico 20.7 78.4

Federated 14.4 400.0 States of Micronesia Mongolia 19.3 280 5,278 2003 [16]

14.6 44.5 95 2010 [17] Montenegro Morocco 28.3 398.6

34.7 2,669.2 Mozambique Myanmar 23.4 3,342.9 Namibia 28.6 262.4 Nauru 9.9 63.5 Nepal 15.1 1,677.8

4.1 7 7.7 640 [4] Netherlands New 384 (2009) 8.6 11 9.1 [4] Zealand 369 (2010)

14.2 249.1 Nicaragua Niger 37.7 9,425.0 Nigeria 32.3 1,041.9 Norway 5.4 8 6.1 [4] Oman 21.3 94.7 Pakistan 25.3 2,300.0 Palau 14.8

Palestinian 4.9 125.6 territories Panama 12.7 105.8 Papua 14.2 1,092.3 New Guinea

19.7 240.2 Paraguay Peru 21.5 390.9

20.0 606.1 Philippines Poland 14.7 28 23.5 [4] Portugal 11.8 18 13.1 [4] Puerto 12.8 Rico

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Qatar 23.7 32.7 12 [18] Republic 6.9 43.9 of Macedonia Republic 15.1 108.6 of Moldova Romania 12.7 71.1 39.8 [7] Russia 18.5 55.3 26567 [19] Rwanda 31.6 7,900.0 Saint 17.6 106.0 Lucia Saint Vincent and 6.6 32.4 the Grenadines Samoa 12.8 312.2 San 3.2 Marino Sao Tome and 33.0 Principe Saudi 29.0 86.3 Arabia Senegal 32.5 1,413.0 2010 official Serbia 9.8 43.2 656 figures [20]

18.5 106.9 Seychelles Sierra 28.3 2,572.7 Leone

4.8 30.4 Singapore Slovakia 15.1 43.9 21.5 [7] Slovenia 10.4 17 17.2 [4] Solomon 16.9 Islands March 2011 South 33.2 208.8 13802 Road Traffic Africa Report[21] Spain 6.9 10 11.7 [4] Sri 13.5 221.3 Lanka Sudan 34.7 1,239.3

18.3 106.4 Suriname

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26.3 295.5 Swaziland [4](2008) [22](Preliminary Sweden 2.9 7 5.1 270 results for 2010)

4.7 7 5.6 [4] Switzerland Syrian 32.9 530.6 Arab Republic Tajikistan 14.1 371.1 Thailand 19.6 118.8 Timor- 16.1 Leste Togo 28.1 14,050.0 Tonga 7.0 40.2 Trinidad 15.5 44.2 and Tobago Tunisia 34.5 302.6 Turkey 13.4 97.1

18.6 175.5 Turkmenistan Tuvalu 9.5 Uganda 24.7 3,528.6 Ukraine 21.5 153.6 United Arab 37.1 118.5 310 [18] Emirates 2009 Dft United results (per 3.59 7 5.7 2,222 Kingdom capita)[23] else [4]

United Republic of 34.3 Tanzania United States of 12.3 15 8.5 33,808 [4] America Uruguay 12.8 73.6

9.7 Uzbekistan Vanuatu 18.6 344.4

21.8 148.3 Venezuela

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Vietnam 16.1 1,238.5 Yemen 29.3 837.1 Zambia 25.6 1,422.2

27.5 259.4 Zimbabwe

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