Injuries — Injuries in road traffic accidents by country
This dataset presents time series on injuries in road traffic accidents (number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.) Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.
What the numbers show
Injuries — Injuries in road traffic accidents is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 7,615 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants in New Zealand; the lowest is 126.9 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,018 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants, and the mean is 2,416 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 16.6%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 55.1%).
Injuries — Injuries in road traffic accidents: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 7,615 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | United States | 7,502 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2021 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | Austria | 5,012 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 4,401 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 5 | Portugal | 4,289 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2023 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 4,080 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 3,966 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 3,712 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 9 | Iceland | 3,539 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Canada | 3,085 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 2,758 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 12 | Japan | 2,732 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 13 | Czechia | 2,357 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 2,294 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 2,278 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 2,144 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 17 | Hungary | 2,077 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1,960 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 1,892 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Russia | 1,797 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2013 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 1,489 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 1,412 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 1,330 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 24 | Greece | 1,287 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 25 | Ireland | 1,281 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 26 | Israel | 1,279 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 27 | France | 972 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Norway | 729 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 719 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 701.4 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 610 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 397.8 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 328.5 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 126.9 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 5,381 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Croatia 3,682 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Slovak Republic 1,077 Injured per 1 000 000 inhabitants
About this data
This dataset presents time series on injuries in road traffic accidents (number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.) Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.