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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 (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...
Japan is an extreme example, with road deaths decreasing to 5,115 in 2008, which is 25% of the 1970 rate per capita and 17% of the 1970 rate per vehicle distance travelled. In 2008, for the first time, more pedestrians than vehicle occupants were killed in Japan by cars. [ 6 ]
Microstates such as San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein have high rates of car ownership. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Population figures are from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise specified. [1]
More than 42,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2022, making these accidents a leading cause of death in the U.S. These deaths occurred during over 39,000 crashes that year—about one crash per ...
Unlike most other developed countries, per capita traffic collision deaths in the US reversed their decline in the early 2010s. [101] [102] Death rate from road collisions, in 2019, [103] Central African Republic and Saudi Arabia being shaded red. In 2004 50 million more were injured in motor vehicle collisions.
8th highest total number of fatal car accidents (14.47 per 100,000 city residents). 9th highest number of people killed in fatal crashes (15.42 per 100,000 city residents).
The city had the highest number of fatal car accidents involving distracted drivers in the study, 5.42 per 100,000 residents. It also ranked third for the total number of fatal car accidents, with ...
Data are for the year 2021. Death data are from NHTSA, [1] mileage figures are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [2] and population data are from the US Census. [3] Per billion vehicle miles, South Carolina had the highest death rate while Massachusetts had the lowest. Mississippi had the most deaths per capita while Rhode Island had ...