Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers by country

Countries reporting
43
Highest
552.63
Montenegro
Lowest
1.09
Iceland
Median
6.96
Years covered
53
1970–2022
Data points
1,434

What the numbers show

Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 552.63 in Montenegro; the lowest is 1.09 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.96, and the mean is 37.45.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 507.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 132.1%), and the largest decrease in India (down 64.1%).

Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montenegro 552.63 2017 down 36.1% falling
2 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 303.72 2017 up 0.2% falling
3 Russia 148.64 2018 down 24.6% rising
4 Argentina 111.1 2017 down 28.0% falling
5 Bulgaria 89.18 1994 up 132.1% rising
6 Georgia 56.95 2022 down 41.5% volatile
7 Azerbaijan 39.49 2022 down 32.3% volatile
8 Greece 36.82 2008 down 35.9% falling
9 Albania 34.1 2013 down 14.8% falling
10 Kazakhstan 21.87 2020 down 1.4% volatile
11 Austria 20.57 1992 down 35.3% falling
12 Uzbekistan 17.33 2020 down 40.3% volatile
13 Türkiye 15 2022 up 3.6% volatile
14 Thailand 11.77 2019 down 7.0% falling
15 North Macedonia 10.38 2022 down 44.1% falling
16 Croatia 10.17 2022 down 23.9% falling
17 Portugal 9.15 2008 down 62.5% volatile
18 Korea 8.18 2021 down 43.2% falling
19 Slovak Republic 7.76 2019 down 35.9% falling
20 India 7.5 2017 down 64.1% volatile
21 Poland 7.2 2022 down 54.0% volatile
22 United States 6.96 2021 up 29.5% falling
23 Hungary 6.04 2022 down 31.5% volatile
24 New Zealand 5.93 2021 down 0.3% falling
25 Belgium 5.61 2016 down 35.1% volatile
26 Canada 5.47 2007 down 11.3% falling
27 Lithuania 5.29 2018 down 56.6% volatile
28 Czechia 5.26 2022 down 48.1% falling
29 Slovenia 4.79 2010 down 63.5% falling
30 Netherlands 4.59 2008 down 39.2% volatile
31 Italy 4.57 2022 down 17.2% volatile
32 Australia 4.5 2022 down 0.7% volatile
33 Spain 4.4 2021 down 16.7% volatile
34 Japan 4.27 2021 down 33.2% volatile
35 France 3.76 2022 down 11.8% volatile
36 Finland 3.23 2021 down 19.1% volatile
37 Denmark 3.17 2016 down 31.4% falling
38 Germany 3.06 2021 down 25.7% volatile
39 United Kingdom 2.75 2021 down 2.2% volatile
40 Sweden 2.17 2022 down 9.8% volatile
41 Switzerland 2.02 2021 down 41.2% volatile
42 Norway 1.86 2022 down 17.3% volatile
43 Iceland 1.09 2022 down 33.9% volatile

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Indicator
Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 1,434 data points, 1970–2022
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