Alcohol-related road traffic crashes with fatalities (% of all road traffic crashes with fatalities) by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
50.0%
Cook Islands
Lowest
1.7%
Singapore
Median
13.3%
Years covered
24
1990–2013
Data points
438

What the numbers show

Alcohol-related road traffic crashes with fatalities (% of all road traffic crashes with fatalities) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 50.0% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 1.7% in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.3%, and the mean is 15.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 720.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 90.0%).

Alcohol-related road traffic crashes with fatalities: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cook Islands 50.0% 2012 down 50.0% falling
1 Estonia 50.0% 2011 up 34.4% rising
3 New Zealand 30.1% 2013 down 2.6% falling
4 Slovenia 30.0% 2013 down 20.2% falling
5 United States of America 27.2% 2012 down 33.2% falling
6 France 25.6% 2011 up 23.7% rising
7 Denmark 25.1% 2010 up 13.6% rising
8 Australia 25.0% 2006 down 3.8% flat
9 Finland 24.5% 2010 up 36.9% rising
10 Spain 23.4% 2010 up 74.6% rising
11 Cyprus 23.2% 2008 up 186.4% rising
12 Norway 19.1% 2010 down 14.3% flat
13 Switzerland 16.3% 2008 down 10.9% falling
14 Ireland 15.5% 2007 down 61.2% falling
15 Latvia 14.5% 2012 down 49.3% falling
16 Chile 14.2% 2012 down 36.6% falling
16 Korea 14.2% 2010 up 19.3% rising
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.1% 2012 up 6.0% falling
19 Poland 13.3% 2011 up 72.7% rising
20 Sweden 12.5% 2013 down 41.9% falling
21 Hungary 11.1% 2008 up 3.7% flat
22 Lithuania 10.0% 2009 down 23.7% falling
23 Germany 9.4% 2012 down 22.3% falling
24 Romania 8.2% 2010 up 720.0% volatile
25 Albania 7.8% 2009 up 14.7% flat
26 Israel 7.5% 2008 up 240.9% volatile
27 Greece 7.0% 2010 down 43.5% falling
28 Austria 6.8% 2013 down 22.7% falling
29 Czechia 6.6% 2012 down 40.0% rising
30 Belgium 5.9% 2008 down 33.7% falling
31 Japan 5.6% 2013 down 46.2% falling
32 Portugal 5.5% 2008 up 103.7% rising
32 Slovakia 5.5% 2009 down 20.3% falling
34 Italy 4.3% 2008 up 186.7% rising
35 Netherlands 3.7% 2008 down 52.6% falling
36 Bulgaria 2.7% 2013 down 54.2% falling
37 Singapore 1.7% 2012 down 90.0% volatile

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Indicator
Alcohol-related road traffic crashes with fatalities (% of all road traffic crashes with fatalities)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
37 places, 438 data points, 1990–2013
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