Country Year Number of Accidents Number of Deaths / Killed Number of Injured Vehicle Population  Total Population (by the year 2005) Source of Data
India 2000 391,400 78,900 3,993,000 48,857,000 1,103,371,000 Fatalities & Injured Data Source: Department of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
2001 405,600 80,900 4,052,000 54,991,000 Vehicle Population Data Source: Department of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
2002 407,500 84,700 4,087,000 58,924,000 No. of Accidents Source: Department of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
2003 406,700 86,000 4,351,000 67,007,000 Population Source: Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
2004 429,900 92,600 4,645,000 72,718,000  
2005 439,200 94,900 4,652,000    
USA 2000 8,654,000 41,495 3,188,750 225,821,241 298,213,000 Fatalities & Injured Data Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration
2001 8,507,000 42,196 3,032,672 235,331,382 Vehicle Population Data Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration
2002 8,417,491 43,005 2,926,000 234,624,135 No. of Accidents Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration
2003 8,443,252 42,884 2,889,000 236,760,033 Population Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
2004 333,000 42,836 2,788,000 243,010,549  
2005 2,002,000 43,443 2,699,000 247,421,120  
UK 2000 493,602       59,668,000 No. of Accidents Source: Department for Transport, U.K
2001 472,922       Population Source: National Statistics
2002          
2003 440,158        
2004 426,086        
2005 203,709        
Japan 2000 1,871,529 9,066 1,155,697   128,085,000 Fatalities/ Injured Data Source:  Traffic Bureau, National Police Agency
2001 1,902,039 8,747 1,180,955   No. of Accidents Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Statistics Bureau
2002 1,880,922 8,326 1,167,855   Population Source: Japan Statistics Bureau
2003 1,903,104 7,702 1,181,431    
2004 1,911,222 7,358 1,183,120    
2005 1,183,687 6,871 1,156,633    
Europe (EU15) 2000 1,316,375       385,000,000 No. of Accidents Source: European Conference of Ministers of Transport - International Transport Forum
2001 1,289,159       Population Source: European Union, 2004; World Bank, 2003
2002 1,260,401        
2003 1,211,281        
2004 1,167,446        
2005          
Russia 2000 315,192       143,202,000 No. of Accidents Source: Federal State Statistics Service, Russia
2001 328,816       Population Source: Federal State Statistics Service, Russia
2002 389,306        
2003 431,571        
2004          
2005          
Italy 2000 423,882 6,649 321,796   58,093,000 Fatalities / Injured Data Source: TRENDS OF ROAD ACIDENTS IN ITALY 1996-2005 , Carlo PUTIGNANO, Head of “Transport Statistics”, Istat, National Statistical Institute of Italy, Rome, Italy
2001 483,980 6,691 335,029   No. of Accidents Source: International Transport Statistics Database
2002 490,385 6,739 341,660   Population Source: ISTAT
2003 463,480 6,065 327,324    
2004 449,106 5,692 322,447    
2005 225,078 5,426 313,727    
France 2000 249,149       60,496,000 No. of Accidents Source: Union Routiere de France (URF) Faits and Chiffres
2001 241,342       Population Source: ISTAT
2002 218,536        
2003 186,601        
2004 176,065        
2005 172,423        
China 2000         1,315,844,000 Accident Data/ Fatalities Source: CRI.com January 17, 2005
2001         Accident Data / Fatalities Source: Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2006
2002         Population Source: CPIC.ORG.CN
2003 650,000 104,000      
2004 500,000 107,000      
2005 450,000 98,783