Highly Motorised Countries
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------   --------- 30 day ---------   GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Adj. Factor Fatalities Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions)
definition
Australia 1996 30 1,970 17,048 n/a 10,956,000 1.8 18,312 1 1,970 10.8 598.3 20,899 382,705
Austria 1996 3 1,027 56,700 0.02 4,554,237 2.3 8,059 1.15 1,181 12.7 565.1 27,965 225,373
Belgium 1996 n/a 1,356 68,259 0.02 4,977,040 2.7 10,159 1 1,356 13.3 489.9 26,812 272,382
Canada 1996 n/a 3,082 230,885 0.01 17,171,776 1.8 29,964 1 3,082 10.3 573.1 19,856 594,976
Denmark 1996 n/a 514 9,757 0.05 2,199,000 2.3 5,262 1 514 9.8 417.9 35,034 184,347
Finland 1996 n/a 404 9,299 0.04 2,372,470 1.7 5,125 1 404 7.9 462.9 24,858 127,398
France 1996 6 8,080 170,117 0.05 30,558,000 2.6 58,375 1.09 8,807 13.8 523.5 26,409 1,541,630
Germany 1996 n/a 8,758 493,158 0.02 45,821,425 1.9 81,912 1 8,758 10.7 559.4 28,335 2,320,985
Greece 1996 n/a 2,068 31,658 0.06 5,206,776 4.0 10,475 1 2,068 19.7 497.1 11,688 122,430
Iceland 1996 n/a 10 1,556 0.01 143,579 0.7 270 1 10 3.7 531.8 - -
Ireland 1996 n/a 453 9,831 0.04 1,339,000 3.4 3,626 1 453 12.5 369.3 17,964 65,137
Italy 1996 7 6,198 264,213 0.02 35,394,150 1.8 57,380 1.08 6,694 10.8 616.8 20,224 1,160,444
Japan 1996 1 9,942 942,203 0.01 84,067,073 1.2 125,761 1.3 12,925 7.9 668.5 38,264 4,812,103
Luxembourg 1996 n/a 71 1,538 0.04 256,737 2.8 416 1 71 17.1 617.2 - -
Malta 1996 n/a 14 738 0.02 210,140 0.7 373 1 14 3.8 - 9,378 3,498
Netherlands 1996 ex. Cyc 1,099 10,462 0.1 7,226,000 1.5 15,517 1 1,099 7.1 465.7 25,975 403,057
New Zealand 1996 30 514 16,600 0.03 2,380,000 2.2 3,635 1 514 14.1 654.7 16,379 59,539
Norway 1996 n/a 255 12,025 0.02 2,253,819 1.1 4,381 1 255 5.8 514.5 36,287 158,973
Portugal 1996 n/a 2,100 66,627 0.03 4,330,600 4.8 9,930 1 2,100 21.1 436.1 11,024 109,472
Spain 1996 1 5,483 124,157 0.04 19,167,769 2.9 39,260 1.3 7,128 14.0 488.2 14,509 569,637
Sweden 1996 n/a 537 20,810 0.03 4,218,258 1.3 8,843 1 537 6.1 477.0 26,225 231,905
Switzerland 1996 1 616 26,539 0.02 4,262,411 1.4 7,074 1.3 801 8.7 602.5 43,149 305,238
United Kingdom 1996 30 3,598 316,704 0.01 24,001,000 1.5 58,782 1 3,598 6.1 408.3 20,946 1,231,269
United States 1996 30 41,967 3,399,000 0.01 208,801,157 2.0 265,284 1 41,967 15.8 787.1 29,339 7,783,092
Asian & Pacific Countries
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------   GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions)
definition
Bangladesh 1996 7 2,041 3,301 0.38 458,700 44.5 121,671 1.7 3.8 362 44090
Bhutan 1992 30 6 14 0.3 14,000 4.3 715 0.8 19.6 441 315
Brunei Darassalam 1996 n/a 65 363 0.15 167,618 3.9 290 22.4 578.0 -  
Cambodia 1996 n/a 176 1,517 0.1 522,425 3.4 10,275 1.7 50.8 308 3162
China 1995 7** 71,495 154,734 0.32 27,356,000 26.1 1,215,414 5.9 22.5 868 1055372
Fiji 1994 365 88 1,165 0.07 90,000 9.8 803 11.0 112.1 2499 2007
HongKong 1996 30 263 18,879 0.01 516,804 5.1 6,706 3.9      
India 1995 30 59,927 307,089 0.16 29,534,000 20.3 945,121 6.3 31.2 378 357391
Indonesia 1995 1 10,990 21,814 0.33 14,454,809 7.6 197,055 5.6 73.4 1124 221533
Korea, Republic of 1996 3 12,653 355,962 0.03 11,990,882 10.6 45,545 27.8 263.3 - -
Laos 1994 n/a 200     251,580 7.9 4,726 4.2 53.2 407 1924
Malaysia 1996 30 6,304 47,171 0.12 7,449,053 8.5 20,565 30.7 362.2 4775 98195
Mongolia 1996 n/a 275 1,032 0.21 90,982 30.2 2,516 10.9 36.2 397 998
Myanmar 1993 1 924     252,000 36.7 45,883 2.0 5.5 -  
Nepal 1996 30 807         22,037 3.7 0.0 221 4863
Pakistan 1996 30 4,288 8,986 0.32 2,462,552 17.4 133,510 3.2 18.4 484 64638
Papua New Guinea 1992 1 290 1,948 0.13 116,000 25.0 4,401 6.6 26.4 951 4185
Phillipines 1996 1 645 3,989 0.14 2,674,972 2.4 71,899 0.9 37.2 1229 88372
Singapore 1995 30 225 6,718 0.03 639,546 3.5 3,044 7.4 210.1 33454 101834
SriLanka 1995 30 1,916 16,824 0.1 770,000 24.9 18,300 10.5 42.1 808 14781
Taiwan 1996 1 2,990 2,939 0.5 14,036,434 2.1 21,471 13.9      
Thailand 1996 1 16,782 43,541 0.28 17,666,202 9.5 60,003 28.0 294.4 2761 165659
Tonga 1995 n/a 10 7 0.59 1,920 52.1 97 10.3 19.8 1825 177
Turkey 1996 n/a 5,428 104,599 0.05 5,182,035 10.5 62,697 8.7 82.7 3179 199307
Vietnam 1996 7 5,581 21,556 0.21 5,245,000 10.6 75,355 7.4 69.6 319 24008
Western Samoa 1993 3 10 106 0.09     172 5.8   1157 199
Central & Eastern Europe
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------   GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions) fs
definition
Albania 1996  n/a 257 258 0.5 106,630 24.1 3,286 7.8 32.4 773 2540
Armenia 1996  n/a 359 1,639 0.18 12,960 277.0 3,774 9.5 3.4 560 2112
Azerbijan 1996 7 763 2,420 0.24 373,774 20.4 7,581 10.1 49.3 513 3886
Bosnia and Herzegovnia 1996 30 199 2,487 0.07 107,101 18.6 3,365 5.9      
Bulgaria 1996 30 1,014 7,325 0.12 2,477,426 4.1 8,356 12.1 296.5 1167 9750
Byelarus 1996  n/a 1,730 7,492 0.19 1,578,606 11.0 10,298 16.8 153.3 2144 22082
Croatia 1996  n/a 721 16,182 0.04 967,148 7.5 4,771 15.1 202.7 4054 19343
Czech Republic 1996 30 1,386 37,917 0.04 4,711,039 2.9 10,315 13.4 456.7 5230 53952
Estonia 1996 30 213 1,547 0.12 489,411 4.4 1,466 14.5 333.8 3342 4899
Georgia 1995  n/a 494 1,977 0.2 496,130 10.0 5,411 9.1 91.7 860 4656
Hungary 1996  n/a 1,367 23,845 0.05 2,945,914 4.6 10,193 13.4 289.0 4489 45760
Kazakstan 1996 3 2,732 14,400 0.16 1,342,008 20.4 16,471 16.6 81.5 1294 21317
Kyrgyzstan 1994 7 622 3,423 0.15 150,200 41.4 4,576 13.6 32.8 483 2211
Latvia 1996  n/a 550 4,324 0.11 488,523 11.3 2,490 22.1 196.2 2408 5995
Lithuania 1996 30 667 5,223 0.11 901,263 7.4 3,709 18.0 243.0 2254 8360
Macedonia 1996  n/a 154 3,397 0.04 304,464 5.1 1,980 7.8 153.8 1105 2187
Poland 1996 30 6,359 71,419 0.08 11,250,900 5.7 38,618 16.5 291.3 3597 138909
Rep. of Moldova 1995  n/a 544 3,069 0.15 240,678 22.6 4,327 12.6  -   456 1974
Romania 1996  Scene 2,845 7,716 0.27 3,146,000 9.0 22,608 12.6 139.2 1406 31787
Russia 1996 7 29,468 207,846 0.12 20,636,900 14.3 147,739 19.9 139.7 2673 394861
Slovakia 1996 30 640 11,624 0.05 1,291,733 5.0 5,343 12.0 241.8 3706 19801
Slovenia 1996 30 389 7,758 0.05 778,223 5.0 1,991 19.5 390.9 9819 19550
Tajikstan 1993 7 604 2,685 0.18 6,020 1003.3 5,927 10.2  -   339 2010
Ukraine 1996  n/a 3,259 18,872 0.15 4,661,625 7.0 50,718 6.4  -   1038 52625
Yugoslavia 1996  n/a 1,276 19,052 0.06 1,960,905 6.5 10,574 12.1 185.4  -  
Latin & Central American & Caribbean countries
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------   GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions) fs
definition
Argentina 1996 30 6,473 2,002 0.76 5,449,640 11.9 35,220 18.4 154.7 9066 319293
Bahamas 1991 n/a 50 1,598 0.03 128,500 3.9 284 17.6 452.5 -  
Barbados 1996 365 24 1,823 0.01 54,619 4.4 264 9.1 206.9 -  
Belize 1996 Scene 69 704 0.09 20,170 34.2 222 31.1 90.9 2766 614
Bolivia 1995 Scene 220 2,054 0.1 428,478 5.1 7,588 2.9 56.5 997 7564
Brazil 1996 30 26,903 323,295 0.08 26,069,000 10.3 161,365 16.7 161.6 4859 784044
Chile 1996 1 1,925 52,422 0.04 1,622,408 11.9 14,419 13.4 112.5 4890 70510
Colombia 1995 Scene 7,874 52,527 0.13 1,434,000 54.9 37,451 21.0 38.3 2326 87125
Costa Rica 1996 Scene 260 10,692 0.02 475,738 5.5 3,442 7.6 138.2 2695 9275
Cuba 1996 n/a 1,424 9,329 0.13 706,690 20.2 11,019 12.9 64.1 -  
Dominica 1995 n/a 367     3,055 1201.3 74 495.9   3041 225.0
Ecuador 1995 Scene 1,112 6,344 0.15 527,374 21.1 11,698 9.5 45.1 1606 18785
El Salvador 1996 n/a 656 8,590 0.07 212,584 30.9 5,810 11.3 36.6 1842 10704
Guyana 1995 n/a 166 1,824 0.08 7,072 234.7 839 19.8 8.4 807 677
Honduras 1995 1 523 1,843 0.22 201,000 26.0 6,101 8.6 32.9 725 4426
Jamaica 1995 365 367 3,044 0.11 400,552 9.2 2,547 14.4 157.3 1553 3956
Mexico 1995 Scene 3,397 33,860 0.09 13,303,000 2.6 93,182 3.6 142.8 3741 348627
Nicaragua 1995 n/a 457 3,585 0.11 163,710 27.9 4,503 10.1 36.4 423 1907
Panama 1996 30 416 8,961 0.04 285,640 14.6 2,674 15.6 106.8 3131 8373
Paraguay 1995 Scene 98 7,687 0.01 252,861 3.9 4,955 2.0 51.0 2055 10183
Peru 1996 Scene 2,163 3,270 0.4 8,662,289 2.5 24,288 8.9 356.6 26226 3672
Saint Lucia 1994 n/a 20 308 0.06 16,280 12.3 158 12.7 103.0 3532 558
Trinidad & Tobago 1993 7 264 31,695 0.01 197,282 13.4 1,297 20.4 152.1 4281 5553
Uruguay 1996 Scene 693 1,863 0.27 207,742 33.4 3,203 21.6 64.9 6255 20035
Venezuela 1995 n/a 2,563 25,995 0.09 438,900 58.4 22,311 11.5 19.7 3555 79315
African countries
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------   GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions) fs
definition
Algeria 1993 n/a 3,678 35,717 0.09 1,505,000 24.4 28,734 12.8 52.4 1529.0 43927
Benin 1996 9mos 412 2,970 0.12 295,830 13.9 5,632 7.3 52.5 395.0 2227
Botswana 1995 n/a 410 5,247 0.07 66,330 61.8 1,480 27.7 44.8 3426.0 5070
Cameroon 1993 n/a 840 5,312 0.14 162,000 51.9 13,676 6.1 11.8 630.0 8610
Cape Verde 1993 n/a 46 670 0.06 4,100 112.2 389 11.8 10.5 1121.0 436
Cent. African Rep. 1995 n/a 58 519 0.1 1,710 339.2 3,344 1.7 0.5 330.0 1104
Chad 1993 n/a 22 427 0.05 29,640 7.4 6,611 0.3 4.5 246.0 1629
Comoros 1994   11     14,000 7.9 505 2.2   414.0 209
Congo 1994 n/a 124 903 0.12 53,000 23.4 2,705 4.6 19.6 675.0 1827
Ethiopia 1996 n/a 1,693 7,455 0.19 86,756 195.1 58,234 2.9 1.5 112.0 6507
Gabon 1993 n/a 116 964 0.11 41,000 28.3 1,125 10.3 36.4 4224.0 4752
Ghana 1996   987 8,372 0.11 135,000 73.1 17,522 5.6 7.7 398.0 6982
Guinea 1993 n/a 423 3,906 0.1 35,000 120.9 6,759 6.3 5.2 567.0 3830
Kenya 1993 n/a 2,516 21,824 0.1 391,000 64.3 27,364 9.2 14.3 353.0 9654
Lesotho 1993 n/a 326 1,650 0.16 37,620 86.7 2,023 16.1 18.6 676.0 1368
Madagascar 1995 City 25 823 0.03 78,210 3.2 13,705 0.2 5.7 261.0 3575
Malawi 1996 n/a 1,090 3,928 0.22 56,430 193.2 10,016 10.9 5.6 213.0 2129
Mali 1994 City 72 797 0.08 44,550 16.2 9,999 0.7 4.5 266.0 2656
Mauritius 1996 n/a 146 3,609 0.04 96,287 15.2 1,134 12.9 84.9 3919.0 4444
Namibia 1996   127 595   136,726 9.3 1,584 8.0   2164.0 3428
Nigeria 1993 n/a 8,958 22,882 0.28 1,379,000 65.0 114,568 7.8 12.0 291.0 33393
Senegal 1995 n/a 791 8,783 0.08 123,949 63.8 8,534 9.3 14.5 560.0 4777
Sierra Leone 1996 n/a 75 718 0.09 36,224 20.7 4,630 1.6 7.8 165.0 762
South Africa 1994 6days 9,981 128,440 0.07 5,929,000 16.8 37,643 26.5 157.5 3458.0 130151
Swaziland 1996 n/a 290 1,659 0.15 66,188 43.8 926 31.3 71.5 1575.0 1458
Tanzania 1994 n/a 1,548 12,327 0.11 139,000 111.4 30,494 5.1 4.6 217.0 6632
Uganda 1996 n/a 1,594 6,477 0.20 130,785 121.9 19,741 8.1 6.6 335.0 6608
Zambia 1996 n/a 928 5,564 0.14 237,000 39.2 9,215 10.1 25.7 384.0 3536
Zimbabwe 1996 Scene 1,205 18,070 0.06 717,000 16.8 11,248 10.7 63.7 730.0 8208
Middle East & North Africa
  ----------------------- Reported ------------------------     GNP (US$ 1997)
Country Year Fatality Fatalities Injuries Fatality index MV in use 1996 Deaths per 10,000 vehicles Population 1996 (‘000) Deaths per 100,000 pop. Motorisation Level Per Capita Total (millions)
definition
Bahrain 1966 n/a 57 2,257 0.02 176,164 3.2 599 9.5 294.1  
Cyprus 1996 n/a 128 4,516 0.03 344,080 3.7 740 17.3      
Egypt 1994 n/a 4,400 22,135 0.17 2,205,000 20.0 59,272 7.4 37.2 1218.0 72164.0
Iran 1995 n/a 2,963 29,509 0.09 5,049,585 5.9 62,509 4.7 80.8 1738.0 108614.0
Israel 1997 n/a 530 47,451 0.01 1,542,870 3.4 5,692 9.3 271.1 16585.0 94402.0
Jordan 1996 n/a 552 15,375 0.03 293,396 18.8 4,312 12.8 68.0 1567.0 6755.0
Lebanon 1994 n/a 328 3,032 0.1 1,358,450 2.4 4,079 8.0 333.0 3408.0 13900.0
Libya 1996 n/a 1,080 7,750 0.12 1,308,930 8.3 5,167 20.9      
Morocco 1996   2,807 57,285 0.05 1,397,472 20.1 27,020 10.4   1272.0 34380.0
Oman 1996 n/a 512 6,654 0.07 312,500 16.4 2,173 23.6 143.8    
Saudi Arabia 1994 n/a 4,077 32,133 0.11 2,935,000 13.9 19,409 21.0 151.2 7390.0 143430.0
Syria 1995 n/a 1,524 7,897 0.16 421,522 36.2 14,502 10.5 29.1 1148.0 16643.0
Yemen 1996 n/a 1,267 6,740 0.16 535,153 23.7 15,778 8.0 33.9 279.0 4405.0