Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions

Deaths for road traffic collisions per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012:[1]
  no data
  < 5
  5-10
  10-15
  15-20
  20-25
  25-30
  30-35
  35-40
  > 40
Road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km in 2004:
  no data
  < 5.0
  5.0-6.5
  6.5-8.0
  8.0-9.5
  9.5-11.0
  11.0-12.5
  12.5-14.0
  14.0-15.5
  15.5-17.0
  17.0-18.5
  18.5-20.0
  > 20.0

Worldwide, it was estimated that 1.25 million people were killed and many millions more were injured in motor vehicle collisions in 2013.[2] This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide.[3] In the United States, 40,100 people died and 2.8 million were injured in crashes in 2017,[4] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every year.[5]

  1. ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ World Health Organization. "Number of road traffic deaths". Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Global status report on road safety 2015" (PDF). World Health Organization. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. ^ "U.S. vehicle deaths topped 40,000 in 2017, National Safety Council estimates" (Press release). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ Dow Chang. "Comparison of Crash Fatalities by Sex and Age Group". nhtsa.dot.gov. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017.

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