India vs United States of America: Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers

India
7.5 deaths
in 2017
United States of America
6.96 deaths
in 2021
India rank
20th
United States of America rank
22nd

Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers over time

  • India
  • United States of America
020406080198020002021

How they compare

India currently reports 7.5 deaths against 6.96 deaths in United States of America, a difference of 0.54 deaths.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times United States of America's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 22nd of 43 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 54.18 deaths 10.37 deaths 43.81 deaths India
2000s 25.91 deaths 8.62 deaths 17.29 deaths India
2010s 11.51 deaths 5.51 deaths 5.99 deaths India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers, India or United States of America?
India, at 7.5 deaths against 6.96 deaths in United States of America as of 2017.
What is the difference in road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers between India and United States of America?
0.54 deaths, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States of America?
28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do India and United States of America rank globally for road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers?
India ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 22nd of 43 countries.
Where does this data come from?
OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs United States of America: Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers. Statizoid, drawing on OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/road-accident-deaths-per-passenger-kilometers/india/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/road-accident-deaths-per-passenger-kilometers/india/united-states/">India vs United States of America: Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers
Unit
deaths
Source
OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 1,434 data points, 1970–2022
Last refreshed

Number of deaths due to road accidents per billion passenger kilometers traveled on the road.