Road traffic deaths in New Zealand
Road traffic injuries caused 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest since 2009.
New Zealand, 2019
9.6
Change from 2018
+0.7per 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
126th of 183
Road traffic deaths in New Zealand over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | New Zealand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 8.9 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 9.0 per 100,000 people | 16.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 7.8 per 100,000 people | 16.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 17.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 7.2 per 100,000 people | 17.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 6.2 per 100,000 people | 17.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 18.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 9.3 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 18.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 18.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 10.3 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.2 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 12.2 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 11.3 per 100,000 people | 19.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 12.0 per 100,000 people | 19.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 12.3 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 +0.7 from 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 9.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by 0.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, New Zealand has the 126th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.