Deaths in road incidents by country
Number of reported deaths due to road accidents.
Countries reporting
63
Highest
147,913 deaths
India
Lowest
2 deaths
Liechtenstein
Median
561 deaths
Years covered
123
1900–2022
Data points
2,830
What the numbers show
Deaths in road incidents is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 147,913 deaths in India; the lowest is 2 deaths in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 561 deaths, and the mean is 5,977 deaths.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73,956.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Liechtenstein (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 64.2%).
Deaths in road incidents: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 147,913 deaths | 2017 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 62,763 deaths | 2019 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 42,939 deaths | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 29,472 deaths | 2018 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 16,152 deaths | 2020 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 6 | Thailand | 8,648 deaths | 2019 | up 51.1% | falling |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6,284 deaths | 2018 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 8 | Argentina | 5,420 deaths | 2017 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 9 | Turkey | 5,229 deaths | 2022 | up 39.4% | flat |
| 10 | Morocco | 3,485 deaths | 2018 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 3,432 deaths | 2017 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 12 | France | 3,267 deaths | 2022 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Japan | 3,216 deaths | 2022 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 3,159 deaths | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 2,788 deaths | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 16 | South Korea | 2,735 deaths | 2022 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 18 | Chile | 2,131 deaths | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 1,997 deaths | 2020 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 1,962 deaths | 2020 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 1,896 deaths | 2022 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 22 | Romania | 1,864 deaths | 2019 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 1,852 deaths | 2016 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 1,768 deaths | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 1,750 deaths | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 1,533 deaths | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 27 | Australia | 1,188 deaths | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 28 | Laos | 995 deaths | 2018 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 834 deaths | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 30 | Netherlands | 745 deaths | 2022 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Greece | 640 deaths | 2022 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 32 | Belarus | 575 deaths | 2020 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 33 | Portugal | 561 deaths | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 553 deaths | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 35 | Belgium | 540 deaths | 2022 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 36 | Hungary | 537 deaths | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 531 deaths | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 528 deaths | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 39 | Georgia | 430 deaths | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 40 | New Zealand | 375 deaths | 2022 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Austria | 370 deaths | 2022 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 364 deaths | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 43 | Armenia | 321 deaths | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 275 deaths | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 266 deaths | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 244 deaths | 2020 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 47 | Switzerland | 241 deaths | 2022 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Sweden | 227 deaths | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 49 | Moldova | 217 deaths | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 50 | Finland | 196 deaths | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 51 | Albania | 164 deaths | 2022 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 52 | Ireland | 155 deaths | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 53 | Denmark | 130 deaths | 2021 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 124 deaths | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 55 | Lithuania | 120 deaths | 2022 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 56 | Norway | 116 deaths | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 57 | Latvia | 112 deaths | 2022 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 59 | Slovenia | 85 deaths | 2022 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Montenegro | 63 deaths | 2017 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 61 | Estonia | 47 deaths | 2022 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 24 deaths | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 63 | Iceland | 9 deaths | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Malta | 9 deaths | 2021 | down 47.1% | flat |
| 65 | Liechtenstein | 2 deaths | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Number of reported deaths due to road accidents.