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

Poland
7.2 deaths
in 2022
United States of America
6.96 deaths
in 2021
Poland rank
21st
United States of America rank
22nd

Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers over time

  • Poland
  • United States of America
0204060198020012022

How they compare

Poland currently reports 7.2 deaths against 6.96 deaths in United States of America, a difference of 0.24 deaths.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Poland ranks 21st and United States of America ranks 22nd of 43 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland United States of America Difference Ahead
1980s 50.91 deaths 12.44 deaths 38.47 deaths Poland
1990s 49.17 deaths 10.37 deaths 38.8 deaths Poland
2000s 27.58 deaths 8.62 deaths 18.96 deaths Poland
2010s 13.61 deaths 5.51 deaths 8.1 deaths Poland
2020s 9.8 deaths 6.9 deaths 2.9 deaths Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers, Poland or United States of America?
Poland, at 7.2 deaths against 6.96 deaths in United States of America as of 2022.
What is the difference in road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers between Poland and United States of America?
0.24 deaths, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and United States of America?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2021.
How do Poland and United States of America rank globally for road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers?
Poland ranks 21st 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

Poland 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 08 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/road-accident-deaths-per-passenger-kilometers/poland/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/poland/united-states/">Poland 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.