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This List of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita and per vehicle-km in the world’s developed countries.

According to the World Health Organization road traffic crashes are the 6th most common cause of death in developed nations.

Note: Neither the number of road fatatities per capita, nor the number of road fatalites per vehicle-km are necessarily indicators of road-traffic safety.

Country
Road fatalities
per 100,000
inhabitants in
developed countries
Road fatalities
per 1 billion
vehicle-km
Notes

 Australia
7.7
7.9

 Austria
8.8
8.9

 Belgium
10.2
11.1

 Canada
9.1
9.2

 Czech Republic
10.4
20.6

 Denmark
5.4
7.7

 Finland
6.4
6.4

 France
7.7
8.5

 Germany
6.2
7.4

 Great Britain
5.4
6.3

 Greece
14.9
N/A

 Hungary
12.7
N/A

 Iceland
10.3
10.9

 Ireland
9.3
10.9

 Israel
5.9
9.6

 Italy
9.7
N/A

 Japan
5.7
10.3

 South Korea
13.1
19.3

 Luxembourg
9.9
N/A

 Netherlands
4.5
7.7

 New Zealand
9.4
10.1

 Norway
5.2
6.5

 Poland
13.8
N/A

 Portugal
11.8
N/A

 Slovenia
13.1
16.5

 Spain
9.3
N/A

 Sweden
4.9
5.9

 Switzerland
5
5.9

 USA
14.7
9

 Lithuania
22.3
N/A

 Latvia
17.74
N/A

 Estonia
15.17
N/A

 Cyprus
11.22
N/A

 Slovakia
9.65
N/A

 Malta
2.47
N/A

References

  1. ^ “Infectious diseases kill 1/3 worldwide; AIDS is top cause of death in developing region”. UC Atlas of Global Inequality.
  2. ^ “World Health Report on Road traffic Injury Prevention”. World Health Organization.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad “Road accident data”. OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD). ”Selected Risk Values for the Year 2006″
  4. ^ a b c d e f g “Europe’s Most Dangerous Drivers”, Forbes Magazine (2007.12.10). 

See also

  • List of causes of death by rate
  • Road-traffic safety
  • Management systems for road safety
  • Smeed’s law

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