Road traffic deaths in Sierra Leone

Road traffic injuries caused 33.0 deaths per 100,000 people in Sierra Leone in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Sierra Leone, 2019 33.0 Deaths per 100,000 people
Change from 2018 +0.8per 100,000 people 2018: 32.2 per 100,000 people
World, 2019 16.7 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2019 15th of 183 See the full ranking

Road traffic deaths in Sierra Leone 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.

Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) (deaths per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2019
Period Sierra LeoneWorld
2019 33.0 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2018 32.2 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2017 31.3 per 100,000 people 16.8 per 100,000 people
2016 30.5 per 100,000 people 16.9 per 100,000 people
2015 30.4 per 100,000 people 17.0 per 100,000 people
2014 28.7 per 100,000 people 17.2 per 100,000 people
2013 28.4 per 100,000 people 17.5 per 100,000 people
2012 29.3 per 100,000 people 18.0 per 100,000 people
2011 30.0 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2010 30.0 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2009 30.5 per 100,000 people 18.3 per 100,000 people
2008 30.5 per 100,000 people 18.6 per 100,000 people
2007 30.7 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2006 31.2 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2005 31.5 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2004 31.2 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2003 31.3 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people
2002 31.3 per 100,000 people 19.3 per 100,000 people
2001 32.3 per 100,000 people 19.2 per 100,000 people
2000 31.2 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 +0.8 from 32.2 per 100,000 people in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 30.5 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.5.
  • Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Sierra Leone has the 15th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.TRAF.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2019 for Sierra Leone
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory