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On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [4] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between regions. The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000 ...
The Index base year is 1989. (Index=100) Per population, fatalities are 1/4 in 2008 of that of 1970, and per kilometer, one-sixth in 2007 of the 1970 rate. The total for 2012 was 4,411 deaths. [1] and for 2017, it has dropped to 3,694 deaths, of 2,020 involved a driver over 65 or 54.7% of the total, with sharply rising rates of deadly accidents ...
105,385[1] 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Earthquake and Tsunami. 1 Sep 1923. Kantō Plains, Honshu. Deadliest disaster in Japanese history. The Japanese government report in 1927 put the number of victims at 140,000; this was adjusted downwards to 105,385 deaths in 2006. 21,959 (Official) 1896 Sanriku earthquake.
The initial development of roads in Japan can be traced back to the Jōmon period. The remains of a man-made road were uncovered at the Sannai-Maruyama Site that was occupied between 3900 – 2200 BC. [11] [12] Archaeologists uncovered a 12-meter-wide (39 ft) and 420-meter-long (1,380 ft) road at the site that linked the ancient settlement to ...
Morishige Yamamoto. Hiromi Yanagihara. Gunpei Yokoi. Categories: Road incident deaths by country. Road incident deaths in Asia by country. Road incidents in Japan. Accidental deaths in Japan.
Pages in category "Road incidents in Japan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1998 ...
3 November 1893. Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [14] 581. 16 April 1947. Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured. 575. 4 June 1989. Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
Prefectures of Japan. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (都道府県, todōfuken, [todoːɸɯ̥ꜜkeɴ] ⓘ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper (県, ken), two urban prefectures (府, fu: Osaka and Kyoto ...