World ranking of traffic accidents

According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries caused an estimated and remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million deaths worldwide in the year 2010, slightly down from 1.26 million in 2000. Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (7% of the world’s population), have
Eighty per cent of road traffic deaths occur in
middle-income countries, which account for 72% of the world’s population, but only 52% of the world’s registered vehicles. This indicates that these countries bear a disproportionately high burden of road traffic deaths relative to their level of motorization

adequate laws that address all five risk factors (speed, drink– driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints). Over a third of road traffic deaths in low- and middle-income countries are among pedestrians and cyclists. However, less than 35% of low- and middle-income countries have policies in place to protect these road users.[1]