🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea Road Accidents Today — Live Reports
Quick answer: Papua New Guinea has an estimated 1,139 road deaths so far in 2026 — about 4 a day, 14.2 per 100,000 people (close to the global average, rank #92 of 195). 0 accident reports from Papua New Guinea were tracked in the last 24 hours (updated 06:15 UTC). Emergency number: 112 (mobile) / 111 (Port Moresby). Traffic drives on the left.
Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and maritime borders with Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital is Port Moresby.
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Population
- 8,935,000 (2020)
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Calling code
- +675
- Languages
- Papua New Guinean Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Engl…
- Currency
- kina
- Continent
- Oceania
- Emergency number
- 112 (mobile) / 111 (Port Moresby)
- Road deaths / 100k
- 14.2
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · read 2026-09-11
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Emergency Numbers in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, dial 112 (mobile) / 111 (Port Moresby). From most GSM mobiles, 112 also reaches local emergency services.
Numbers can change — verify locally. Full list: emergency numbers for every country.
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Road Safety in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has an estimated road traffic death rate of 14.2 per 100,000 people, which is close to the global average. With a population of roughly 10,300,000, that translates to about 1,463 deaths every year — 4 every single day.
Globally it ranks #92 by death rate of 195 tracked countries. See all of Oceania road accident statistics, the world table, or the methodology behind these figures. Driving here? Check the driving laws in Papua New Guinea — speed limits, alcohol limit and which side of the road.
Road Deaths in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2019
Deaths per 100,000 people by year (World Bank, mirroring WHO estimates). Over this period the rate has fallen by 24.4%.
Papua New Guinea vs Nearby Countries
| Country | Rate /100k | Est. deaths / year | Est. 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14.2 | 1,463 | 1,139 |
| Micronesia | 4.6 | 5 | 3 |
| Solomon Islands | 14.7 | 106 | 82 |
| Palau | 22.2 | 4 | 3 |
| Timor-Leste | 12.7 | 178 | 138 |