← on nowLGR-054 · v0.1.0 · model · count How many people are killed on the roads each year?
humans · Homo sapiens
killed on the roads
1.2 million
a year
0.038
a second
3,258
a day
of them, on foot or on a bicycle
350,000
a year
0.011
a second
958
a day
method WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023; vulnerable-user share and alcohol share from the same.
- about a quarter of road deaths involve alcohol. in some countries a third.source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023
- nine in ten road deaths are in low and middle income countries, which have six in ten of the vehicles.source: WHO 2023
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how this number is built
- method
- WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023; vulnerable-user share and alcohol share from the same.
- range
- 1.1–1.3 million/yr
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- many countries under-report; WHO models the gap.
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