Road traffic deaths in World

Road traffic injuries caused 16.7 deaths per 100,000 people in the world in 2019.

Measure: Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2019 16.7 Deaths per 100,000 people
Change from 2018 0per 100,000 people 2018: 16.7 per 100,000 people
European Union, 2019 5.6 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Road traffic deaths in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2019 16.7 per 100,000 people 5.6 per 100,000 people
2018 16.7 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 16.8 per 100,000 people 5.8 per 100,000 people
2016 16.9 per 100,000 people 5.8 per 100,000 people
2015 17.0 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2014 17.2 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 17.5 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2012 18.0 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2011 18.2 per 100,000 people 7.2 per 100,000 people
2010 18.2 per 100,000 people 7.3 per 100,000 people
2009 18.3 per 100,000 people 8.2 per 100,000 people
2008 18.6 per 100,000 people 9.2 per 100,000 people
2007 18.9 per 100,000 people 10.0 per 100,000 people
2006 18.9 per 100,000 people 10.1 per 100,000 people
2005 18.9 per 100,000 people 10.6 per 100,000 people
2004 18.9 per 100,000 people 11.1 per 100,000 people
2003 19.1 per 100,000 people 11.8 per 100,000 people
2002 19.3 per 100,000 people 12.6 per 100,000 people
2001 19.2 per 100,000 people 13.0 per 100,000 people
2000 19.1 per 100,000 people 13.5 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 16.7 per 100,000 people in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 18.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.6.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 5.6 per 100,000 people.

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 World
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