Killed in road traffic accidents per million of people rose 6.78% to 109 persons in the USA in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in the USA reached an all time high of 258 persons in 1971 and an all time low of 102 persons in 2014. When compared to USA's main peers, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Canada amounted to 52.2 persons, 41.8 persons in China, 38.8 persons in Japan and 28.2 persons in Mexico in 2015.
USA has been ranked 5th within the group of 50 countries we follow in terms of killed in road traffic accidents per million of people, 4 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 | ||||||||||||||||
Belize | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Canada | persons | 65.6 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 55.8 | 52.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48.0 | 45.6 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 42.3 | ... | ||||||||
Guatemala | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Honduras | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
India | persons | ... | ... | ... | 112 | 117 | 112 | 110 | 111 | |||||||||||||
Japan | persons | 45.8 | 43.5 | 41.4 | 40.8 | 38.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | persons | 42.7 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 31.6 | 30.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | persons | 185 | 195 | 196 | 190 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | persons | 114 | 107 | 110 | 104 | 96.8 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | persons | 106 | 103 | 106 | 103 | 102 | ... | |||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | persons | 30.7 | 31.4 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 29.4 | ... |