WORLD ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT!

More than 1,300,000 people die in fatal Road Traffic Accidents per year, over 35,000 in America alone. Alcohol is the leading cause. World and regional death rate rankings can be seen here. Add colors to the chart to correlate to the map. Regional rankings are below.

1	ZIMBABWE	61.9
2	LIBERIA	52.0
3	MALAWI	51.6
4	GAMBIA	47.5
5	TOGO	46.6
6	TANZANIA	46.2
7	RWANDA	45.9
8	SAO TOME	45.5
9	BURKINA FASO	44.9
10	BURUNDI	43.7
11	MADAGASCAR	42.7
12	COMOROS	41.7
13	SENEGAL	41.5
14	VENEZUELA	40.8
15	UGANDA	40.2
16	SOUTH SUDAN	39.8
17	KENYA	39.6
18	NIGER	39.1
19	MOZAMBIQUE	39.1
20	GUINEA	38.7
21	SIERRA LEONE	38.7
22	ERITREA	37.7
23	GHANA	37.6
24	ETHIOPIA	36.8
25	GUINEA-BISSAU	36.7
26	BENIN	36.7
27	MALI	36.1
28	DR CONGO	36.0
29	CAMEROON	35.9
30	SOMALIA	35.4
31	ZAMBIA	34.6
32	SAUDI ARABIA	34.6
33	MAURITANIA	33.7
34	CENTRAL AFRICA	32.3
35	COTE D IVOIRE	31.4
36	CHAD	31.3
37	THAILAND	30.2
38	DJIBOUTI	30.2
39	CONGO	29.9
40	NAMIBIA	29.7
41	NIGERIA	29.5
42	IRAN	29.4
43	LESOTHO	29.4
44	SWAZILAND	29.0
45	YEMEN	29.0
46	OMAN	28.6
47	LIBYA	28.5
48	DOMINICAN REP.	27.9
49	JORDAN	27.5
50	PARAGUAY	27.1
51	SUDAN	26.9
52	CAPE VERDE	26.6
53	ALGERIA	25.1
54	KAZAKHSTAN	25.1
55	BOLIVIA	25.0
56	ECUADOR	24.8
57	ANGOLA	24.8
58	SYRIA	24.4
59	KUWAIT	24.0
60	INDIA	23.9
61	BELIZE	23.7
62	TIMOR-LESTE	23.6
63	GABON	23.5
64	BOTSWANA	23.4
65	MALAYSIA	23.4
66	VIET NAM	23.2
67	CAMBODIA	23.1
68	SOUTH AFRICA	22.4
69	TUNISIA	22.4
70	EQU. GUINEA	21.8
71	MONGOLIA	21.6
72	COLOMBIA	21.5
73	MYANMAR	21.5
74	TAJIKISTAN	21.1
75	IRAQ	20.9
76	NEPAL	20.7
77	BRAZIL	20.2
78	SOLOMON ISL.	20.1
79	SURINAME	20.0
80	NORTH KOREA	19.9
81	MOROCCO	19.9
82	KYRGYZSTAN	19.1
83	GUATEMALA	18.6
84	LEBANON	18.3
85	TURKMENISTAN	18.3
86	EL SALVADOR	18.3
87	INDONESIA	18.0
88	NEW GUINEA	17.9
89	CHINA	17.7
90	AFGHANISTAN	17.7
91	SAMOA	17.6
92	LAOS	17.6
93	HONDURAS	17.4
94	GUYANA	17.3
95	PAKISTAN	17.1
96	SRI LANKA	16.4
97	TRINIDAD/TOB.	16.4
98	EGYPT	16.2
99	VANUATU	16.2
100	RUSSIA	15.9
101	HAITI	15.5
102	NICARAGUA	15.4
103	BHUTAN	15.1
104	ARAB EMIRATES	15.0
105	COSTA RICA	14.6
106	BANGLADESH	14.4
107	QATAR	14.2
108	SAINT LUCIA	13.9
109	ARMENIA	13.8
110	PERU	13.7
111	ARGENTINA	13.4
112	URUGUAY	12.9
113	ALBANIA	12.8
114	PANAMA	12.5
115	MEXICO	12.3
116	BOSNIA/HERZEG.	12.3
117	MAURITIUS	11.6
118	PHILIPPINES	11.4
119	GEORGIA	11.0
120	UNITED STATES	10.9
121	BELARUS	10.6
122	SAINT VINCENT	10.5
123	AZERBAIJAN	10.4
124	CHILE	10.2
125	UZBEKISTAN	9.7
126	BAHAMAS	9.2
127	UKRAINE	8.9
128	LATVIA	8.3
129	BAHRAIN	8.2
130	TURKEY	8.2
131	JAMAICA	8.2
132	MOLDOVA	8.1
133	SOUTH KOREA	8.0
134	ROMANIA	7.9
135	POLAND	7.8
136	MONTENEGRO	7.8
137	BARBADOS	7.8
138	BRUNEI	7.7
139	GRENADA	7.4
140	GREECE	7.4
141	LITHUANIA	7.1
142	SEYCHELLES	7.1
143	FIJI	6.8
144	CROATIA	6.7
145	BULGARIA	6.6
146	TONGA	6.4
147	CUBA	6.4
148	NEW ZEALAND	6.0
149	SLOVAKIA	5.9
150	HUNGARY	5.9
151	PORTUGAL	5.6
152	SERBIA	5.5
153	BELGIUM	5.4
154	ESTONIA	5.2
155	CANADA	5.2
156	CYPRUS	5.1
157	NO MACEDONIA	4.9
158	LUXEMBOURG	4.9
159	SLOVENIA	4.8
160	ANTIGUA/BAR.	4.7
161	AUSTRALIA	4.6
162	CZECH REPUBLIC	4.5
163	MALDIVES	4.5
164	AUSTRIA	4.2
165	FRANCE	4.0
166	ITALY	3.9
167	FINLAND	3.5
168	ICELAND	3.3
169	GERMANY	3.2
170	MICRONESIA	3.2
171	ISRAEL	3.1
172	IRELAND	3.0
173	SINGAPORE	2.9
174	SPAIN	2.8
175	MALTA	2.7
176	DENMARK	2.6
177	NETHERLANDS	2.6
178	NORWAY	2.5
179	UNITED KINGDOM	2.4
180	KIRIBATI	2.4
181	SWITZERLAND	2.4
182	JAPAN	2.4
183	SWEDEN	2.3

Road Traffic Accidents

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Zimbabwe	61.90	1
2.	Liberia	52.03	2
3.	Malawi	51.62	3
4.	Gambia	47.51	4
5.	Togo	46.62	5
6.	Tanzania	46.17	6
7.	Rwanda	45.90	7
8.	Sao Tome	45.52	8
9.	Burkina Faso	44.94	9
10.	Burundi	43.70	10
11.	Madagascar	42.67	11
12.	Comoros	41.68	12
13.	Senegal	41.54	13
14.	Uganda	40.17	15
15.	South Sudan	39.81	16
16.	Kenya	39.63	17
17.	Niger	39.13	18
18.	Mozambique	39.13	19
19.	Guinea	38.71	20
20.	Sierra Leone	38.68	21
21.	Eritrea	37.70	22
22.	Ghana	37.59	23
23.	Ethiopia	36.78	24
24.	Guinea-Bissau	36.71	25
25.	Benin	36.68	26

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Mali	36.10	27
27.	DR Congo	35.98	28
28.	Cameroon	35.90	29
29.	Somalia	35.36	30
30.	Zambia	34.62	31
31.	Mauritania	33.71	33
32.	Central Africa	32.34	34
33.	Cote d Ivoire	31.42	35
34.	Chad	31.33	36
35.	Djibouti	30.19	38
36.	Congo	29.87	39
37.	Namibia	29.72	40
38.	Nigeria	29.50	41
39.	Lesotho	29.36	43
40.	Swaziland	29.04	44
41.	Sudan	26.90	51
42.	Cape Verde	26.57	52
43.	Angola	24.76	57
44.	Gabon	23.47	63
45.	Botswana	23.44	64
46.	South Africa	22.44	68
47.	Equ. Guinea	21.81	70
48.	Mauritius	11.63	117
49.	Seychelles	7.07	142

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Thailand	30.24	37
2.	Kazakhstan	25.09	54
3.	India	23.87	60
4.	Timor-Leste	23.56	62
5.	Malaysia	23.40	65
6.	Viet Nam	23.21	66
7.	Cambodia	23.14	67
8.	Mongolia	21.58	71
9.	Myanmar	21.51	73
10.	Tajikistan	21.14	74
11.	Nepal	20.70	76
12.	North Korea	19.91	80
13.	Kyrgyzstan	19.10	82
14.	Turkmenistan	18.33	85
15.	Indonesia	18.01	87
16.	China	17.73	89
17.	Afghanistan	17.68	90

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
18.	Laos	17.57	92
19.	Pakistan	17.12	95
20.	Sri Lanka	16.37	96
21.	Russia	15.93	100
22.	Bhutan	15.08	103
23.	Bangladesh	14.43	106
24.	Armenia	13.79	109
25.	Philippines	11.40	118
26.	Georgia	11.02	119
27.	Azerbaijan	10.35	123
28.	Uzbekistan	9.67	125
29.	South Korea	7.98	133
30.	Brunei	7.68	138
31.	Maldives	4.45	163
32.	Singapore	2.87	173
33.	Japan	2.37	182

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Albania	12.77	113
2.	Bosnia/Herzeg.	12.28	116
3.	Belarus	10.65	121
4.	Ukraine	8.87	127
5.	Latvia	8.35	128
6.	Moldova	8.07	132
7.	Romania	7.86	134
8.	Poland	7.84	135
9.	Montenegro	7.80	136
10.	Greece	7.35	140
11.	Lithuania	7.08	141
12.	Croatia	6.73	144
13.	Bulgaria	6.57	145
14.	Slovakia	5.90	149
15.	Hungary	5.87	150
16.	Portugal	5.58	151
17.	Serbia	5.51	152
18.	Belgium	5.45	153
19.	Estonia	5.19	154
20.	Cyprus	5.07	156

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
21.	No Macedonia	4.88	157
22.	Luxembourg	4.85	158
23.	Slovenia	4.85	159
24.	Czech Republic	4.53	162
25.	Austria	4.17	164
26.	France	4.02	165
27.	Italy	3.94	166
28.	Finland	3.55	167
29.	Iceland	3.30	168
30.	Germany	3.23	169
31.	Ireland	3.01	172
32.	Spain	2.77	174
33.	Malta	2.72	175
34.	Denmark	2.60	176
35.	Netherlands	2.58	177
36.	Norway	2.54	178
37.	United Kingdom	2.42	179
38.	Switzerland	2.38	181
39.	Sweden	2.31	183

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Saudi Arabia	34.57	32
2.	Iran	29.37	42
3.	Yemen	29.03	45
4.	Oman	28.61	46
5.	Libya	28.46	47
6.	Jordan	27.46	49
7.	Algeria	25.11	53
8.	Syria	24.43	58
9.	Kuwait	24.00	59
10.	Tunisia	22.39	69

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
11.	Iraq	20.93	75
12.	Morocco	19.87	81
13.	Lebanon	18.33	84
14.	Egypt	16.17	98
15.	Arab Emirates	15.01	104
16.	Qatar	14.23	107
17.	Bahrain	8.17	129
18.	Turkey	8.17	130
19.	Israel	3.11	171

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Dominican Rep.	27.85	48
2.	Trinidad/Tob.	16.37	97
3.	Haiti	15.47	101
4.	Saint Lucia	13.93	108
5.	Mexico	12.29	115
6.	United States	10.92	120
7.	Saint Vincent	10.47	122

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
8.	Bahamas	9.15	126
9.	Jamaica	8.15	131
10.	Barbados	7.77	137
11.	Grenada	7.42	139
12.	Cuba	6.38	147
13.	Canada	5.17	155
14.	Antigua/Bar.	4.71	160

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Solomon Isl.	20.14	78
2.	New Guinea	17.90	88
3.	Samoa	17.64	91
4.	Vanuatu	16.16	99
5.	Fiji	6.79	143

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
6.	Tonga	6.44	146
7.	New Zealand	5.96	148
8.	Australia	4.62	161
9.	Micronesia	3.19	170
10.	Kiribati	2.40	180

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Venezuela	40.79	14
2.	Paraguay	27.07	50
3.	Bolivia	24.97	55
4.	Ecuador	24.78	56
5.	Belize	23.68	61
6.	Colombia	21.53	72
7.	Brazil	20.18	77
8.	Suriname	19.97	79
9.	Guatemala	18.61	83
10.	El Salvador	18.30	86

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
11.	Honduras	17.36	93
12.	Guyana	17.29	94
13.	Nicaragua	15.42	102
14.	Costa Rica	14.57	105
15.	Peru	13.73	110
16.	Argentina	13.41	111
17.	Uruguay	12.92	112
18.	Panama	12.50	114
19.	Chile	10.23	124

ICD-10 CODES: V01-V04, V06, V09-V80, V87, V89, V99

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2018

Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica,
Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.