Deaths per 10,000 Vehicles
- 0.15 Iceland
- 0.37 Norway
- 0.41 Switzerland
- 0.46 Sweden
- 0.47 Netherlands
- 0.51 Spain
- 0.51 UK
- 0.52 Finland
- 0.53 Japan
- 0.61 Germany
- 0.61 Denmark
- 0.66 Australia
- 0.66 Italy
- 0.67 Austria
- 0.77 Ireland
- 0.79 Slovenia
- 0.80 France
- 0.81 Luxembourg
- 0.83* Canada
- 0.84 Greece
- 0.87 New Zealand
- 0.94 Israel
- 1.08 Czech Republic
- 1.11* Belgium
- 1.12 Portugal
- 1.19 USA
- 1.21 Poland
- 1.66 Hungary
- 1.78 Lithuania
- 2.24 Argentina
- 2.27* Korea
- 4.74 Chile
What does this mean in relation to the USA?
Sadly the seemingly small numbers listed above are very misleading. By this metric, if America (1.19) could match the per vehicle fatality rate of Norway (in second place at 0.37) an astonishing 22,516 American lives would have been saved in 2015 alone – and a similar number every year – and an vastly larger quantity of injuries would have been avoided or have been less serious.
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At the time of posting, 2015 was the most recently available data.
* represents data from the previous year
Also see: Ranking Countries for Road Safety – the ‘Per Capita’ Rate, 2015
Source: IRTAD data as shown on 21 June, 2017, at: http://www.compareyourcountry.org/road-safety
