Killed in road traffic accidents per million of people rose 13.9% to 39.4 persons in Ireland in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Ireland reached an all time high of 211 persons in 1972 and an all time low of 34.6 persons in 2015.
Ireland has been ranked 31st within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of killed in road traffic accidents per million of people, 8 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Killed In Road Traffic Accidents (per Million of People) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Australia | persons | 60.4 | 56.2 | 56.5 | 51.1 | 49.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 76.9 | 78.4 | 69.8 | 65.5 | 65.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 65.6 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 55.8 | 52.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | 45.9 | 39.5 | 29.9 | 34.1 | 32.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 63.1 | 62.4 | 57.3 | 51.0 | 52.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 43.9 | 48.4 | 43.6 | 40.5 | 41.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | persons | 25.2 | 37.3 | 27.7 | 45.7 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | 47.5 | 41.2 | 35.7 | 40.8 | 41.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 67.9 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 56.0 | 55.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | 42.7 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 31.6 | 30.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | persons | 42.5 | 34.0 | 29.1 | 37.2 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 53.7 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 36.0 | 36.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | 28.4 | 33.8 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 28.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 106 | 103 | 106 | 103 | 102 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 30.7 | 31.4 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 29.4 | ... |
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