Road accidents
Each year, 1.35 million people are killed on roadways around the world. Every day, almost 3,700 people are killed globally in crashes involving cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, or pedestrians. More than half of those killed are pedestrians, motorcyclists, or cyclists.
Road accidents
Road Traffic Injuries and Deaths—A Global Problem
Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death in the United States for people aged 1–54,1 and they are the leading cause of nonnatural death for U.S. citizens residing or traveling abroad.2–3
Throughout the world, roads are shared by cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, pedestrians, animals, taxis, and other travelers. Travel made possible by motor vehicles supports economic and social development in many countries. Yet each year, vehicles are involved in crashes that are responsible for millions of deaths and injuries.
Whether you’re on the road at home or abroad, know the risks and take steps to protect your health and safety.
Every year, around 1.3 million people die in road traffic accidents worldwide, a higher annual death toll than from malaria. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that car crashes cost the global economy up to $500 billion each year, and they have become the leading cause of death for young people aged between 5 and 29. Deaths on the road are most frequent in low and middle-income nations and they dominate the top of the WHO’s list. India has the most fatalities in total while Libya has the most by far on a per capita basis. In 2013, the most recent year data is available, the death rate on Libya’s roads was 73.4 per 100,000 people, a huge distance ahead of second-placed Thailand’s 36.2. The number of fatalities on roads in developed nations certainly put those grim numbers into perspective. During the same year, Germany had 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people while the United States and United Kingdom had 10.6 and 2.9 respectively.
What about Covid-19 deaths in 1 year?
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Cases
96.1M
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Recovered
53M
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Deaths
2.06M
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