Road traffic deaths in Iceland
Road traffic injuries caused 2.0 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland in 2019.
Iceland, 2019
2.0
Change from 2018
−5.0per 100,000 people
World, 2019
16.7 per 100,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
5.2 per 100,000 people
Position in 2019
179th of 183
Road traffic deaths in Iceland over time
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Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.0 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 7.0 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 16.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 6.6 per 100,000 people | 16.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 17.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 1.8 per 100,000 people | 17.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 17.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.4 per 100,000 people | 18.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 2.6 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 18.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 18.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 10.8 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 8.3 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 19.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 19.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 11.8 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −5.0 from 7.0 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 5.7 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.7.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Iceland has the 179th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
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3.4 per 100,000 people
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Car share of passenger transport
88.4%e (Estimated)
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Car ownership
645i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
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New zero-emission cars
41.2%
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Air passengers carried
4,342,331 passengers
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