🇸🇴 Somalia Road Accidents Today — Live Reports
Quick answer: Somalia has an estimated 3,820 road deaths so far in 2026 — about 13 a day, 27.1 per 100,000 people (significantly higher than the global average, rank #24 of 195). 0 accident reports from Somalia were tracked in the last 24 hours (updated 06:15 UTC). Emergency number: —. Traffic drives on the right.
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland.
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Population
- 11,031,386 (2017)
- Area
- 637,657 km²
- Calling code
- +252
- Languages
- Arabic, Somali
- Currency
- Somali shilling
- Continent
- Africa
- Emergency number
- —
- Road deaths / 100k
- 27.1
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · read 2026-09-11
Somalia Accident News — Last 24 Hours
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Somalia — Recent Report Archive
Reports matched to Somalia over recent days, preserved as they were tracked. Dates reflect when reports were published.
Emergency Numbers in Somalia
No reliably published national emergency number is available for Somalia. From a GSM mobile phone, dialling 112 connects to local emergency services in most of the world.
Numbers can change — verify locally. Full list: emergency numbers for every country.
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Road Safety in Somalia
Somalia has an estimated road traffic death rate of 27.1 per 100,000 people, which is significantly higher than the global average. With a population of roughly 18,100,000, that translates to about 4,905 deaths every year — 13 every single day.
Globally it ranks #24 by death rate of 195 tracked countries. See all of Africa road accident statistics, the world table, or the methodology behind these figures. Driving here? Check the driving laws in Somalia — speed limits, alcohol limit and which side of the road.
Road Deaths in Somalia, 2000–2019
Deaths per 100,000 people by year (World Bank, mirroring WHO estimates). Over this period the rate has risen by 1.9%.