Road accidents statistics worldwide: a 2019’s report on mortality rate per country

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In terms of road safety, Africa is not the example to follow. According to WHO report, the continent registered a road-traffic mortality rate of 26.6 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants.

Moreover, it accounts for the highest mortality rate in terms of pedestrians and cyclists with 44% of the overall deaths reported for this category of road users, according to WHO.

Road accidents statistics in Africa: analysis of mortality rate per country

Country	2016						2013
Country	Population	GDP in USD/capita	Numberof vehicles	Number of reported deaths ¹	Adjusted number of deaths ²	Mortality rate ³	Mortality rate
Zimbabwe	16 150 362	940	1 198 584	1 721	5 601	34.7	28.2
DR of Congo	78 736 152	420	-	385	26 529	33.7	33.2
Central AfricanRepublic	4 594 621	370	37 475	193	1 546	33.6	32.4
Guinea-Bissau	1 815 698	620	62 239	122	565	31.1	27.5
Burkina Faso ⁴	18 646 432	640	297 000	878	5 686	30.5	30
Namibia	2 479 713	4 620	371 281	731	754	30.4	23.9
Cameroon	23 439 188	1 200	758 145	1 879	7 066	30.1	27.6
Mozambique	28 829 476	480	698 864	1 379	8 665	30.1	31.6
Gambia	2 038 501	440	84 963	139	605	29.7	29.4
Rwanda ⁴	1 917 508	700	183 000	593	3 535	29.7	32.1
Togo ⁴	7 606 374	540	83 000	514	2 224	29.2	31.1
Tanzania ⁴	55 572 200	900	380 000	3 256	16 252	29.2	32.9
Uganda ⁴	41 487 964	660	636 000	3 503	12 036	29	27.4
Madagascar ⁴	24 894 552	400	660 000	340	7 108	28.6	28.4
Guinea	12 395 924	490	259 731	458	3 490	28.2	27.3
Kenya	48 461 568	1 380	2 979 910	2 965	13 463	27.8	29.1
Benin	10 872 298	820	469 761	637	2 986	27.5	27.7
Congo	5 125 821	1 710	-	308	1 405	27.4	26.4
Niger	20 672 988	370	436 420	978	5 414	26.2	26.4
Libya ⁴	6 293 253	4 730	2 740 000	2 414	1 645	26.1	23.8
South Africa ⁴	56 015 472	5 480	9 600 000	14 071	14 507	25.9	25.1
Sudan ⁴	39 578 828	2 140	111 000	2 311	10 178	25.7	24.3
Ghana ⁴	28 206 728	1 380	890 000	1 802	7 018	24.9	26.2
Mauritania ⁴	4 301 018	1 120	41 000	184	1 064	24.7	24.5
Botswana ⁴	2 250 260	6 610	392 000	450	535	23.8	23.6
Angola ⁴	28 813 464	3 440	880 000	2 845	6 797	23.6	26.9
Côte d’Ivoire ⁴	23 695 920	1 520	940 000	991	5 582	23.6	24.2
Senegal ⁴	15 411 614	950	660 000	604	3 609	23.4	27.2
Gabon	1 979 786	7 210	-	54	460	23.2	22.9
Mali	17 994 836	750	344 345	541	4 159	23.1	25.6
Tunisia	11 403 248	3 690	2 015 601	1 443	2 595	22.8	24.4
Nigeria	185 989 632	2 450	11 400 400	5 053	39 802	21.4	20.5
Morocco	35 276 784	2 850	3 791 469	3 785	6 917	19.6	20.8
Mauritius	1 262 132	9 760	507 676	144	173	13.7	12.2
Egypt	95 688 680	3 460	8 412 673	8 211	9 287	9.7	12.8

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Road accidents statistics in the Middle East: analysis of mortality rate per country

Country	2016						2013
Country	Population	GDP in USD/capita	Numberof vehicles	Number of reported deaths ¹	Adjusted number of deaths ²	Mortality rate ³	Mortality rate
Saudi Arabia	32 275 688	21 750	6 895 799	9 031	9 311	28.8	27.4
Syria	18 430 452	1 840	2 396 544	714	4 890	26.5	-
Jordan	9 455 802	3 920	1 502 420	750	2 306	24.4	26.3
Iraq	37 202 572	5 430	5 775 777	4 134	7 686	20.7	20.2
Lebanon	6 006 668	7 680	1 866 407	576	1 090	18.1	22.6
United ArabEmirates	9 269 612	40 480	3 391 125	725	1 678	18.1	10.9
Kuwait	4 052 584	41 680	2 001 940	424	715	17.6	18.7
Oman	4 424 762	18 080	1 370 913	692	713	16.1	25.4
Qatar	2 569 804	75 660	1 330 487	178	239	9.3	15.2

Road accidents statistics in Asia: analysis of mortality rate per country

Country	2016						2013
Country	Population	GDP in USD/capita	Numberof vehicles	Number of reported deaths ¹	Adjusted number of deaths ²	Mortality rate ³	Mortality rate
Thailand ⁴	68 863 512	5 640	15 491 000	21 745	22 491	32.7	36.2
Vietnam ⁴	94 569 072	2 050	2 140 000	8 417	24 970	26.4	24.5
Malaysia ⁴	31 187 264	9 850	13 309 000	7 152	7 374	23.6	24
India ⁴	1 324 171 392	1 680	28 860 000	150 785	299 091	22.6	16.6
Iran ⁴	80 277 424	6 530	14 130 000	15 932	16 426	20.5	32.1
China	1 411 415 375	8 260	294 694 457	58 022	256 180	18.2	18.8
Sri Lanka ⁴	20 798 492	3 780	1 470 000	3 003	3 096	14.9	17.4
Pakistan ⁴	193 203 472	1 510	3 220 000	4 448	27 582	14.3	14.2
Philippines ⁴	103 320 224	3 580	3 823 000	10 012	12 690	12.3	10.5
Indonesia ⁴	261 115 456	3 400	225 013 000	31 282	31 726	12.2	15.3
South Korea ⁴	50 791 920	27 600	20 990 000	4 292	4 990	9.8	12
Japan	127 748 512	38 000	81 602 046	4 682	5 224	4.1	4.7
Singapore	5 622 455	51 880	933 534	141	155	2.8	3.6

Road accidents statistics in other areas of the world: analysis of mortality rate

Country	2016						2013
Country	Population	GDP in USD/capita	Numberof vehicles	Number of reported deaths ¹	Adjusted number of deaths ²	Mortality rate ³	Mortality rate
Venezuela ⁴	31 568 180	1 760	4 510 000	7 028	10 640	33.7	24.1
Ecuador	16 385 068	5 820	1 925 368	2 894	3 490	21.3	20.1
Brazil ⁴	207 652 864	8 840	42 743 000	38 651	41 007	19.7	23.4
Colombia⁴	48 653 420	6 320	5 332 000	7 158	8 987	18.5	16.8
Russia	143 964 512	9 720	54 014 259	20 308	25 969	18	18.9
Argentina ⁴	43 847 432	11 960	13 736 000	5 530	6 119	14	13.6
Ukraine ⁴	44 438 624	2 310	9 100 000	4 687	6 089	13.7	10.6
Peru ⁴	31 773 840	5 950	2 444 000	2 696	4 286	13.5	13.9
Mexico	127 540 424	9 040	40 205 671	16 039	16 725	13.1	12.3
Turkey ⁴	79 512 424	11 180	15 361 000	7 300	9 782	12.3	8.9
Chile	17 909 754	13 530	4 960 945	1 675	2 245	12.5	12.4
United States	322 179 616	56 180	281 312 446	35 092	39 888	12.4	10.6
Romania	19 778 084	9 470	7 014 661	1 913	2 044	10.3	8.7
Poland	38 224 408	12 680	-	3 026	3 698	9.7	10.3
Greece ⁴	11 183 716	18 960	6 205 000	824	1 026	9.2	9.1
Cuba	11 475 982	6 570	633 369	750	975	8.5	7.5
Croatia	4 213 265	12 110	1 996 056	307	340	8.1	9.2
Hungary	9 753 281	12 570	4 022 798	607	756	7.8	7.7
New Zealand	4 660 833	39 070	3 656 300	327	364	7.8	6
Portugal	10 371 627	19 850	6 590 094	563	768	7.4	7.8
Slovenia	2 077 862	21 660	1 468 439	130	134	6.4	6.4
Malta	429 362	24 140	358 947	22	26	6.1	-
Czech Republic	10 610 947	17 570	7 325 789	611	630	5.9	6.1
Belgium	11 358 379	41 860	7 330 718	637	657	5.8	6.7
Canada	36 289 824	43 660	23 923 806	1 858	2 118	5.8	6
Australia	24 125 848	54 420	18 326 236	1 296	1 351	5.6	5.4
Italy ⁴	59 429 936	31 590	42 242 000	3 428	3 333	5.6	6.1
France ⁴	64 720 688	38 950	38 652 000	3 477	3 585	5.5	5.1
Austria ⁴	8 712 137	45 230	5 202 000	432	452	5.2	5.4
Finland ⁴	5 503 132	44 730	2 708 000	252	260	4.7	4.8
Germany ⁴	81 914 672	43 660	48 427 000	3 206	3 327	4.1	4.3
Ireland	4 726 078	52 560	2 573 961	188	194	4.1	4.1
Spain ⁴	46 347 576	27 520	27 463 000	1 810	1 922	4.1	3.7
Denmark	5 711 870	56 730	3 131 673	211	227	4	3.5
Netherlands	16 987 330	46 310	10 757 655	621	648	3.8	3.4
United Kingdom	65 788 572	42 390	38 388 214	1 804	2 019	3.1	2.9
Sweden	9 837 533	54 630	6 102 914	270	178	2.8	2.8
Norway	5 254 694	82 330	3 969 612	135	143	2.7	3.8
Switzerland	8 401 739	81 240	5 980 512	216	223	2.7	3.3

* Ranking by 2016 mortality rate
¹ Data obtained directly from the country
² Data modelled by a point estimate developed by WHO. Data from countries with a reliable civil registration system have not been adjusted
³ Mortality rate per 100 000 habitants
⁴ 2015 data from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers