Road Accidents - Casualties

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Germany is the top country by casualties in the world. As of 2022, casualties in Germany was 363,922 that accounts for 17.14% of the world's casualties. The top 5 countries (others are Japan, Turkey, Republic of Korea, and Italy) account for 71.97% of it. The world's total casualties was estimated at 2.12 million in 2022.

Total number of road casualties (killed + injured)

Casualties (number)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Albania			620	1,180	2,069	2,472	2,569	2,798	2,617	2,692	2,779	2,611	2,291	2,044	1,598	1,860	1,599
Armenia			1,377	2,084	2,964	3,681	4,050	4,310	4,776	5,084	4,718	5,458	6,293	7,142	6,194	7,067	6,474
Australia		27,011	28,780	32,224	34,124	35,359	35,391	36,243	36,702	38,287	40,240	40,562	40,725	41,053
Austria	72,653	62,041	55,905	54,002	46,410	45,548	51,426	48,499	48,100	47,845	48,825	47,672	46,934	45,556	38,074	41,251	43,632
Azerbaijan			2,199	4,733	3,796	4,047	4,165	4,112	3,800	3,159	2,762	2,469	2,433	2,523	2,106	2,158	2,290
Belarus		11,572	8,088	9,720	8,022	7,534	6,608	5,927	5,611	5,088	4,511	4,209	4,229	4,323	4,307
Belgium	107,780	88,160	69,431	64,244	59,872	62,195	57,146	53,876	53,982	52,593	51,928	49,081	49,357	47,832	37,150	42,640	46,074
Bosnia-Herzegovina					10,421	10,395	9,478	10,052	10,364	10,205	11,509	10,527	10,680	10,552	8,819
Bulgaria	6,446	8,389	9,042	11,069	8,854	8,958	8,794	9,376	9,299	9,679	10,082	9,362	9,077	9,127	7,584	8,170	8,953
Canada	183,581	266,643	225,752	207,599	174,319	169,764	168,802	166,476	158,398	162,693	160,754	154,634	151,004	140,840	106,032	109,786
China				568,649	319,299	299,808	284,324	272,263	270,405	257,902	289,523	273,426	321,726	318,864
Croatia	15,183	21,151	21,156	22,370	18,759	18,483	16,403	15,642	14,530	15,372	14,903	14,939	14,306	13,182	10,272	12,210	13,604
Czech Republic			33,925	33,497	25,186	26,322	26,257	25,942	27,046	27,704	27,692	27,656	28,336	26,663	23,205	22,737	24,714
Denmark	26,656	11,287	9,590	6,919	4,408	4,259	3,778	3,585	3,375	3,334	3,439	3,318	3,458	3,275
Estonia	2,255	2,815	2,047	3,197	1,799	1,980	1,794	1,761	1,790	1,792	1,917	1,773	1,899	1,785	1,637	1,823	1,967
Finland	17,083	13,407	8,904	9,362	7,945	8,223	7,343	6,939	6,934	6,678	6,169	5,812	5,542	5,224	4,634	4,111	3,990
France	344,748	236,149	169,760	113,394	88,453	85,214	79,504	73,875	76,432	74,263	76,122	76,832	73,135	73,734	58,377	70,001	68,697
North Macedonia	2,721	3,273	2,502	4,319	6,357	7,025	6,281	6,682	6,186	6,061	6,136	6,379	5,993	5,296	5,866	6,775	6,420
Georgia	4,345	4,561	2,582	6,127	8,245	7,164	8,339	8,559	9,047	9,789	10,532	8,978	9,506	8,402	7,090	8,154	7,947
Germany	550,988	456,064	511,577	438,804	374,818	396,374	387,978	377,481	392,912	396,891	399,872	393,492	399,293	387,276	330,269	325,691	363,922
Greece	25,719	29,128	32,800	23,706	20,366	18,400	16,628	16,054	15,359	14,889	14,649	14,002	13,849	13,690	11,402	12,980	13,551
Hungary	31,935	39,428	23,898	28,783	21,657	20,810	19,584	20,681	20,750	21,543	21,936	22,076	22,632	22,198	18,176	19,143	20,083
Iceland	913	857	1,520	1,032	1,261	1,217	1,044	1,232	1,172	1,324	1,429	1,387	1,289	1,136	1,015	1,162	1,130
India				560,250	662,025	653,897	647,925	632,465	633,145	646,412	645,409	618,888
Ireland	9,809	9,907	12,458	9,714	8,482	7,421	8,105	7,068	8,271	8,002	7,955	7,934	8,135	7,734	5,740	6,632
Italy	250,286	235,326	374,135	340,676	308,834	295,879	270,617	261,494	254,528	250,348	252,458	250,128	245,946	244,557	161,644	207,603	226,634
Japan	997,861	801,522	1,164,780	1,164,050	901,245	859,305	829,830	785,880	715,487	670,140	622,757	584,545	529,378	464,990	372,315	364,767	359,211
Korea	45,899	336,554	437,220	348,609	357,963	346,620	349,957	333,803	342,259	355,021	336,012	327,014	326,818	345,061	309,275	294,524	284,538
Latvia	4,969	5,593	6,037	6,042	4,241	4,403	4,356	4,517	4,815	4,754	4,806	4,954	4,946	4,688	4,205	4,144	4,126
Liechtenstein	114	121	156	111	114	107	109	113	101	113	105	89	121	103	110	70	106
Lithuania	4,931	6,424	7,601	9,239	4,529	4,215	4,253	4,263	4,014	3,836	3,941	3,752	3,563	3,955	3,337	3,329	3,526
Luxembourg	2,499	1,849	1,333	1,100	1,217	1,341	1,412	1,297	1,261	1,384	1,235	1,307	1,254
Malta			1,184	1,156	1,079	1,577	1,599	1,582	1,796	1,711	1,852	1,873
Mexico	17,251	41,629	43,658	36,978	33,241	30,454	29,284	24,878	21,288	19,285	14,551	11,831	11,755	11,545	9,428
Moldova	3,577	7,814	3,553	3,161	4,197	3,978	3,951	3,521	3,401	3,363	3,240	3,295	3,397	3,308	2,510	3,121	2,775
Netherlands	71,410	15,028	12,673	10,218	4,291
New Zealand	21,446	18,462	11,524	15,059	14,504	12,960	12,528	12,187	11,595	12,665	13,108	14,417	15,076	15,101	13,192	13,573	14,060
Norway	12,320	12,218	12,003	11,438	9,338	8,531	8,340	7,029	6,438	5,804	5,674	5,368	5,049	4,466	4,529	4,645	4,601
Poland	41,290	74,277	77,932	66,635	52,859	53,690	49,369	47,416	45,747	42,716	43,792	42,297	40,221	38,386	28,954	28,660	26,639
Portugal	30,266	65,650	61,553	50,343	47,302	42,851	38,823	39,390	39,653	41,549	41,668	44,495	46,034	48,025	34,471
Romania	6,340	11,919	8,814	8,509	34,791	35,509	36,251	33,325	34,152	38,790	41,475	42,162	40,576	41,533
Russian Federation		250,205	208,995	308,821	277,202	279,801	286,609	285,462	278,751	254,311	241,448	234,462	233,067	227,858	199,192
Slovak Republic			10,722	11,090	8,503	7,382	6,790	6,562	6,912	7,059	7,216	7,160	7,175	6,835	5,623	5,620	5,973
Slovenia	11,173	7,050	11,887	14,572	10,454	9,814	9,278	8,867	8,328	8,830	8,586	8,005	7,779	7,672	5,775	6,552	7,400
Spain	87,000	162,424	155,557	137,251	122,823	117,687	117,793	126,400	128,320	136,144	142,200	140,992	140,415	141,113	95,932
Sweden	23,537	23,269	22,623	26,899	23,571	22,679	23,110	20,522	17,795	19,902	18,933	19,914	18,825	17,940	15,558	16,147	15,488
Switzerland	37,675	30,197	30,650	27,163	24,564	23,562	22,557	21,648	21,764	21,791	21,608	21,643	22,064	21,467	20,022	20,734	22,139
Türkiye	20,816	93,985	142,261	158,591	215,541	241,909	271,829	278,514	288,583	311,951	311,112	307,810	313,746	288,707	231,132	279,977	293,925
Ukraine	29,877	63,067	41,821	63,228	43,850	43,086	42,650	42,354	36,448	35,603	37,023	38,109
United Kingdom	371,542	352,902	335,003	279,176	217,605	212,710	204,733	192,693	203,865	195,926	190,975	180,177	169,317	162,030	122,071	135,401	143,326
United States		3,290,870	3,235,704	2,752,609	2,280,987	2,259,688	2,402,865	2,351,885	2,375,365	2,490,262	3,099,691	2,782,741	2,746,894	2,776,496	2,321,216	2,540,596
Montenegro, Republic Of				2,037	2,194	2,133	1,768	1,886	1,900	2,224	2,423	2,711
Serbia, Republic Of			17,658	17,713	19,982	20,040	19,090	19,118	18,529	19,909	21,212	21,717	21,198	20,725	17,596	20,486	19,626
Israel	19,526	29,031	42,164	36,921	29,526	28,643	25,394	26,364	23,840	24,248	24,191	24,987	23,019	22,986	18,226	20,230
Argentina					96,510	98,076	122,062	118,925	85,984		5,582	118,593
Chile		36,092	48,356	49,416	54,554	55,779	54,746	61,209	59,505	59,588	65,227	63,644	59,442	59,462	43,634	53,706	54,431
Kazakhstan				20,796	16,675	25,351	20,510	32,909	28,527	26,508	25,779	24,342	22,541	17,367	19,841
Uzbekistan			13,806	13,969	13,713	13,389	13,091	12,751	12,870	12,782	12,418	12,110	10,720	10,017	8,553

Casualties (number)

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