List of countries according to traffic fatalities

Worldwide overview of road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
(Source: WHO ; data from 2013)

No data

up to 5 5-10

10-15 15-20

20-25 25-30

30-35 35-40

more than 40

The following list sorts countries according to the number of people who have died in traffic. The number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants and the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 motorized vehicles are also given. Motorized vehicles include passenger cars , heavy vehicles such as trucks and buses, as well as two-wheelers such as motorcycles or scooters .

In 2016, according to official information from the individual countries, 629,365 people died in traffic worldwide. The total number of road deaths estimated by the WHO is 1,323,666.

The country with the most road fatalities worldwide was India with 150,785 people. According to WHO calculations, 299,091 people died.

The number of road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants is a good example of the country in which it is most dangerous to participate in road traffic. Liberia had the highest rate of road deaths with 35.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. In Liberia it was around 9 times more dangerous than in Germany in relation to the probability of being killed in traffic . In the USA it was around three times as dangerous as in Germany. In Germany it was again about 1.3 times as dangerous as in Great Britain . The country with the lowest value in the world is San Marino, where there were no road deaths in 2016.

The number of fatalities per 100,000 motorized vehicles provides information on the safety of vehicles and routes, the driving ability and willingness of drivers to take risks, as well as the quality of the rescue infrastructure and accident medicine. In Guyana and Togo there is one traffic death per year for around 120 motorized vehicles, in Germany the figure is one traffic death for around 17,000 vehicles.

Of all road deaths across Germany in 2016, 48% were motorists, 19% motorcyclists or scooters, 15% pedestrians, 6% unspecified pedestrians and 12% cyclists. Worldwide it was 38% car drivers, 20% motorcycle or scooter drivers, 26% pedestrians, 11% unspecified passers-by and 5% cyclists. Overall, 77% of all road fatalities were men. Most of the accidents with fatalities occurred in low- or middle-income countries, while the rate was much lower in rich countries thanks to better protection measures and infrastructure. Germany , Austria and Switzerland are among the countries with the highest road safety in the world.

Traffic accidents are the eighth leading cause of death worldwide, ahead of AIDS , tuberculosis and diarrheal diseases .

Ranking list

All information comes from the Road Safety Report 2018 of the World Health Organization and applies to the year 2016. It should be noted that some information comes from estimates or updates and that there may be national differences in the definition of road deaths. For example, China officially reports exactly 58,022 road deaths in 2016, while the WHO estimate is 256,180 deaths. The figures in the table below are based on the official information provided by those responsible in the individual countries and on the estimates of the World Health Organization.

country	Total (official estimate)	Total (WHO estimate)	per 100,000 inhabitants (WHO)	per 100,000 motorized vehicles (WHO)
India	150,785	299.091	22.6	71.8
People's Republic of China	58,022	256.180	18.2	19.7
Brazil	38,651	41.007	19.7	41.2
United States	35.092	39,888	12.4	12.5
Indonesia	31,282	31,726	12.2	24.4
Thailand	21,745	22,491	32.7	58.2
Russia	20,308	25,969	18th	37.6
Mexico	16,039	16,725	13.1	39.9
Iran	15,932	16,426	20.5	52.4
South Africa	14,071	14,507	25.9
Philippines	10,012	12,690	12.3	108.2
Saudi Arabia	9,031	9,311	28.8	131.0
Vietnam	8,417	24,970	26.4	16.6
Egypt	8.211	9,287	9.7	97.6
Turkey	7,300	9,782	12.3	34.6
Colombia	7.158	8,987	18.5	53.1
Malaysia	7.152	7,374	23.6	25.9
Venezuela	7,028	10,640	33.7	87.9
Argentina	5,530	6.119	14th	25.6
Nigeria	5,053	39,802	21.4	43.1
South Korea	4,292	4,990	9.8	16.7
Myanmar	4,887	10,540	19.9	76.6
Japan	4,682	5,224	4.1	5.7
Ukraine	4,687	6,089	13.7	32.5
Pakistan	4,448	27,582	14.3	24.2
Ethiopia	4,352	27,326	26.7	614.3
Iraq	4.134	7,686	20.7	71.6
Morocco	3,785	6,917	19.6	99.8
Uganda	3,503	12,036	29	219.6
France	3,477	3,585	5.5	8.2
Italy	3,428	3,487	5.6	6.5
Tanzania	3,256	16,252	29.2	150.5
Germany	3,206	3,327	4.1	5.7
Dominican Republic	3.118	3,684	34.6	80.9
Poland	3,026	3,698	9.7	11.0
Sri Lanka	3,003	3,096	14.9	44.2
Kenya	2,965	13,463	27.8	99.5
Ecuador	2,894	3,490	21.3	150.3
Angola	2,845	6,797	23.6
Peru	2,696	4,286	13.5	48.1
Kazakhstan	2,625	3.158	17.6	59.9
Uzbekistan	2,496	3,617	11.5
Libya	2,414	1,645	26.1	67.9
Bangladesh	2,376	24,954	15.3	82.5
Sudan	2,311	10.178	25.7	184.5
Guatemala	2,058	2,758	16.6	63.3
Nepal	2.006	4,622	15.9	85.8
Romania	1.913	2,044	10.3	27.3
Cameroon	1,879	7,066	30.1	247.8
Canada	1,858	2.118	5.8	7.8
Cambodia	1,852	2,803	17.8	49.4
Spain	1,810	1,922	4.1	5.5
United Kingdom	1,804	2,019	3.1	4.7
Ghana	1,802	7,018	24.9	87.2
Zimbabwe	1,721	5,601	34.7	143.6
Chile	1,675	2,245	12.5	33.8
Afghanistan	1,565	5,230	15.1	238.8
Tunisia	1,443	2,595	22.8	71.6
Honduras	1,407	1,525	16.7	83.0
Mozambique	1,379	8,665	30.1	197.3
Australia	1,296	1,351	5.6	7.1
Bolivia	1,259	1,687	15.5	73.6
El Salvador	1,215	1,411	22.2	120.5
Paraguay	1,202	1,529	22.7	64.2
Chad	1,122	3,990	27.6	99.8
Malawi	1,122	5,601	31
Laos	1,086	1,120	16.6	58.7
Ivory Coast	991	5,582	23.6	109.4
Niger	978	5,414	26.2	224.1
Burkina Faso	878	5,686	30.5	41.7
Greece	824	1,026	9.2	8.7
Kyrgyzstan	812	916	15.4	81.8
Costa Rica	795	812	16.7	39.9
Azerbaijan	759	845	8.7	57.0
Cuba	750	975	8.5	118.4
Jordan	750	2,306	24.4	49.9
United Arab Emirates	725	1,678	18.1	21.4
Syria	714	4,890	26.5	29.8
Bulgaria	708	730	10.2	17.6
Oman	692	713	16.1	50.5
Belgium	637	657	5.8	8.7
Benin	637	2.986	27.5	135.6
Netherlands	621	648	3.8	5.8
Czech Republic	611	630	5.9	8.3
Hungary	607	756	7.8	15.1
Serbia	607	649	7.4	26.6
Senegal	604	3,609	23.4	129.0
Rwanda	593	3,535	29.7	329.2
Belarus	588	841	8.9	14.0
Georgia	581	599	15.3	51.6
Lebanon	576	1,090	18.1	30.9
Namibia	571	754	30.4	196.9
Portugal	563	768	7.4	8.5
Turkmenistan	543	823	14.5
Mali	541	4.159	23.1	157.1
Togo	514	2.224	29.2	801.6
Mongolia	484	499	16.5	57.5
Guinea	458	3,490	28.2	176.3
Botswana	450	535	23.8	68.9
Uruguay	446	460	13.4	19.0
Panama	440	575	14.3	34.1
Austria	432	452	5.2	5.8
Tajikistan	427	1,577	18.1	97.1
Kuwait	424	715	17.6	21.2
Jamaica	379	391	13.6	70.0
Moldova	346	394	9.7	38.7
Madagascar	340	7.108	28.6	143.5
Democratic Republic of Congo	339	26,529	33.7
Israel	335	345	4.2	10.3
New Zealand	327	364	7.8	8.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	318	552	15.7	32.5
Lesotho	318	638	28.9
Republic of the Congo	308	1.405	27.4
Croatia	307	340	8.1	15.4
Slovakia	275	330	6.1	10.6
Sweden	270	278	2.8	4.4
Albania	269	399	13.6	47.8
Armenia	267	499	17.1
Finland	252	260	4.7	4.8
Switzerland	216	223	2.7	3.6
Denmark	211	227	4th	6.7
Swaziland	203	361	26.9	203.3
Central African Republic	193	1,546	33.6	515.0
Lithuania	192	234	8th	13.8
Ireland	188	194	4.1	7.3
Mauritania	184	1,064	24.7
Qatar	178	239	9.3	13.4
Liberia	175	1,657	35.9	16.1
Somalia	165	3,884	27.1	277.5
Palestine	159	252	5.3	59.2
Latvia	158	184	9.3	19.7
Papua New Guinea	158	1,145	14.2	156.4
Mauritius	144	173	13.7	28.4
Singapore	141	155	2.8	15.1
Gambia	139	605	29.7	163.6
Norway	135	143	2.7	3.4
Trinidad and Tobago	135	165	12.1	16.2
Eritrea	130	1,255	25.3	179.5
Slovenia	130	134	6.4	8.9
South Sudan	130	3,661	29.9	186.7
Guyana	128	190	24.6	815.6
North Macedonia	127	134	6.4	33.4
Bhutan	125	139	17.4	143.7
Guinea-Bissau	122	565	31.1	196.0
Burundi	112	3,651	34.7	100.7
Belize	101	104	28.3	180.1
Suriname	74	81	14.5	32.4
Estonia	71	80	6.1	8.2
East Timor	71	161	12.7	48.4
Montenegro	65	67	10.7	30.8
Fiji	60	86	9.6	54.2
Gabon	54	460	23.2
Cyprus	46	60	5.1	7.1
Cape Verde	41	135	25th	63.1
Equatorial Guinea	41	300	24.6	28.7
Luxembourg	32	36	6.3	6.9
Comoros	23	211	26.5	65.9
Sao Tome and Principe	23	55	27.5	67.5
Malta	22nd	26th	6.1	6.1
Iceland	18th	22nd	6.6	6.2
Tonga	18th	18th	16.8	220.8
Samoa	17th	22nd	11.3	67.4
St. Lucia	15th	63	35.4	42.0
Seychelles	15th	15th	15.9	65.0
Solomon Islands	11	104	17.4
Grenada	10	10	9.3	36.7
Barbados	9	16	5.6	7.7
Vanuatu	9	43	15.9
Dominica	8th	8th	10.9	27.9
Antigua and Barbuda	8th	8th	7.9	22.2
Kiribati	5	5	4.4	134.9
Maldives	4th	4th	0.9	4.3
Cook Islands	3	3	17.3	40.2
Micronesia	2	2	1.9	35.3
San Marino	0	0	0	0.0
world	629.365	1,323,666	18.2

See also

• Road safety

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS AND PROPORTION OF ROAD USERS BY COUNTRY / AREA. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ WHO | Global status report on road safety 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Road Crash & Claism Report 2018. Motor Vehicle Accident Fund , 2018. Accessed February 27 2020th