Road Deaths by Country

The complete dataset behind this site: estimated annual road traffic deaths for every country we track, derived from WHO-published death rates applied to current population estimates. Absolute totals favour large countries — India and China top the table on volume — while per-capita rates tell a different story about risk. Both columns are shown; click any country for its live tracking page.

#	Country	Rate /100k	Est. deaths / year	Est. 2026 so far
1	China	17.4	247,950	193,076
2	India	15.6	222,862	173,540
3	Nigeria	21.6	48,341	37,642
4	United States	12.8	43,520	33,888
5	DR Congo	33.7	34,475	26,845
6	Pakistan	14.3	34,392	26,780
7	Brazil	15.7	33,975	26,456
8	Ethiopia	26.7	33,776	26,301
9	Indonesia	11.3	31,358	24,418
10	Bangladesh	15.3	26,194	20,397
11	Tanzania	29.2	19,681	15,325
12	Iran	21.7	19,356	15,072
13	Thailand	25.4	18,237	14,201
14	Vietnam	17.7	17,505	13,631
15	Mexico	13.1	16,834	13,108
16	Russia	10.9	15,740	12,256
17	Kenya	28.2	15,538	12,099
18	South Africa	24.5	14,798	11,523
19	Uganda	29	14,094	10,974
20	Philippines	11.1	13,020	10,138
21	Sudan	25.7	12,362	9,626
22	Egypt	9.9	11,157	8,687
23	Myanmar	19.3	10,538	8,205
24	Mozambique	30.1	10,204	7,945
25	Angola	26.1	9,579	7,459
26	Algeria	20.2	9,211	7,172
27	Ghana	24.9	8,491	6,611
28	Cameroon	29.4	8,408	6,547
29	Venezuela	27.5	7,920	6,167
30	Colombia	15.2	7,919	6,166
31	Malaysia	22.5	7,718	6,009
32	Morocco	19.9	7,522	5,857
33	Niger	27.4	7,453	5,803
34	Turkey	8.6	7,379	5,745
35	Dominican Republic	64.6	7,300	5,684
36	Madagascar	23.6	7,151	5,568
37	Yemen	19.4	6,674	5,196
38	Ivory Coast	22.9	6,618	5,153
39	Burkina Faso	28.2	6,571	5,116
40	Argentina	14	6,524	5,080
41	Malawi	31	6,479	5,045
42	Afghanistan	15.1	6,372	4,961
43	Zimbabwe	34.7	5,795	4,512
44	Iraq	12.6	5,733	4,464
45	Mali	23.1	5,382	4,190
46	Chad	28.5	5,216	4,061
47	North Korea	19.1	5,004	3,896
48	Nepal	15.9	4,913	3,825
49	Somalia	27.1	4,905	3,819
50	Zambia	23.7	4,882	3,801
51	Saudi Arabia	13.2	4,871	3,793
52	Peru	13.9	4,782	3,723
53	Ukraine	13	4,771	3,715
54	Senegal	23.4	4,165	3,243
55	Guinea	28.2	4,004	3,117
56	Benin	27.5	3,768	2,934
57	South Sudan	33.9	3,763	2,930
58	Syria	16.2	3,758	2,926
59	Uzbekistan	10.5	3,696	2,878
60	Rwanda	25.6	3,610	2,811
61	Ecuador	19.5	3,530	2,748
62	France	5	3,410	2,655
63	Burundi	24.9	3,287	2,559
64	Japan	2.6	3,237	2,520
65	Germany	3.7	3,127	2,434
66	Italy	5.2	3,063	2,385
67	South Korea	5.9	3,050	2,375
68	Guatemala	16.6	3,005	2,339
69	Taiwan	12.1	2,892	2,251
70	Cambodia	17.1	2,890	2,250
71	Tunisia	22.3	2,788	2,170
72	Sri Lanka	12.5	2,738	2,132
73	Poland	7.4	2,723	2,120
74	Togo	29.2	2,657	2,068
75	Sierra Leone	29.9	2,631	2,048
76	Kazakhstan	11.9	2,332	1,815
77	Haiti	18.5	2,165	1,685
78	Canada	5.3	2,125	1,654
79	Chile	10.5	2,058	1,602
80	Bolivia	15.9	1,972	1,535
81	United Kingdom	2.9	1,963	1,528
82	Central African Republic	33.6	1,915	1,491
83	Honduras	16.9	1,791	1,394
84	Spain	3.7	1,758	1,368
85	Libya	25.4	1,753	1,365
86	Congo	27.4	1,671	1,301
87	Romania	8.6	1,643	1,279
88	Paraguay	22.7	1,566	1,219
89	Jordan	13.5	1,526	1,188
90	Papua New Guinea	14.2	1,463	1,139
91	Liberia	26.9	1,453	1,131
92	El Salvador	22.1	1,414	1,101
93	Nicaragua	18.3	1,281	997
94	Laos	16.7	1,269	988
95	Tajikistan	12.3	1,242	967
96	Mauritania	24.5	1,201	935
97	Australia	4.5	1,197	932
98	Lebanon	18.1	996	775
99	Cuba	8.5	952	741
100	Eritrea	25.3	936	728
101	Kyrgyzstan	13.8	925	720
102	Azerbaijan	8.7	887	690
103	Costa Rica	16.7	868	675
104	Greece	8.2	853	664
105	Turkmenistan	12.5	813	633
106	Namibia	28.6	744	579
107	Gambia	27.1	732	570
108	Belarus	7.8	718	559
109	Portugal	6.8	694	540
110	Netherlands	3.8	676	526
111	Lesotho	28.9	665	517
112	Hungary	6.9	662	515
113	Panama	14.2	639	497
114	United Arab Emirates	6.6	627	488
115	Czech Republic	5.6	605	471
116	Guinea-Bissau	27.5	605	471
117	Bulgaria	8.9	570	443
118	Georgia	15.3	566	440
119	Botswana	21.7	564	439
120	Belgium	4.8	562	437
121	Mongolia	16.5	561	436
122	Palestine	10.3	556	432
123	Gabon	22.9	550	428
124	Oman	10.7	492	383
125	Serbia	7.2	482	375
126	Jamaica	17.1	479	372
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.6	467	363
128	Kuwait	10.7	460	358
129	Uruguay	12.9	439	341
130	Austria	4.6	419	326
131	Equatorial Guinea	24.1	410	319
132	New Zealand	7.8	406	316
133	Israel	3.9	378	294
134	Armenia	11.9	333	259
135	Albania	11.7	328	255
136	Eswatini	26.9	323	251
137	Slovakia	5.7	308	239
138	Croatia	7.7	300	233
139	Moldova	9.7	243	189
140	Djibouti	21.7	239	186
141	Sweden	2.2	233	181
142	Switzerland	2.6	229	178
143	Finland	3.9	218	169
144	Comoros	23.5	200	155
145	Denmark	3.1	183	142
146	Lithuania	6.5	182	141
147	Mauritius	13.7	178	138
148	Timor-Leste	12.7	178	138
149	Trinidad and Tobago	11.6	174	135
150	Guyana	19.4	157	122
151	Ireland	2.9	154	119
152	Qatar	5.3	143	111
153	Latvia	7.4	141	109
154	North Macedonia	6.4	134	104
155	Norway	2.1	116	90
156	Bahrain	7.5	113	87
157	Cape Verde	17.9	107	83
158	Singapore	1.8	106	82
159	Solomon Islands	14.7	106	82
160	Slovenia	4.9	103	80
161	Bhutan	12.8	101	78
162	Fiji	9.6	90	70
163	Suriname	14.2	88	68
164	Belize	19.3	79	61
165	Cyprus	5.1	66	51
166	Montenegro	10.6	66	51
167	Estonia	4.4	62	48
168	Bahamas	13.8	57	44
169	Sao Tome and Principe	21.6	50	38
170	Vanuatu	13.8	46	35
171	Luxembourg	4.7	31	24
172	Malta	4.1	22	17
173	Saint Lucia	12.4	22	17
174	Tonga	16.8	18	14
175	Samoa	7.9	17	13
176	Barbados	5.8	16	12
177	Brunei	3.6	16	12
178	Grenada	12.1	15	11
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.1	14	10
180	Kiribati	9.4	13	10
181	Seychelles	11.4	11	8
182	Iceland	2	8	6
183	Antigua and Barbuda	7.9	7	5
184	Dominica	10.2	7	5
185	Maldives	0.9	5	3
186	Micronesia	4.6	5	3
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.8	5	3
188	Andorra	5.5	4	3
189	Palau	22.2	4	3
190	Marshall Islands	7.3	3	2
191	Nauru	15.4	2	1
192	Liechtenstein	2.7	1	0
193	Monaco	2.5	1	0
194	San Marino	3	1	0
195	Tuvalu	7.7	1	0

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Questions

FAQ

How many people die in road accidents worldwide?

About 1.19 million people die in road traffic accidents every year according to the WHO — roughly 3,260 per day, or one death every 26 seconds. A further 20–50 million people are injured.

Where does this data come from?

Rates come from WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety estimates (deaths per 100,000 population), applied to UN population figures. Yearly totals and running counters are statistical projections, clearly labelled as estimates — full details on our methodology page.

All figures are statistical estimates from WHO published rates — see the full methodology. Citing this table? Link back to this page as the source.