Road Accidents - IRF World Road Statistics 2025

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2018 - 2023, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Reference period start January 1, 2000
Reference period end December 31, 2023
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics ['vehicles']
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    IRF
    Link
    https://www.irfofficial.org
    Overview Text

    This dataset provides information on the total number of injuries and fatalities resulting from road crashes, as well as the number of fatal and injury crashes. It also includes gender-disaggregated data on road injuries and fatalities, with further breakdowns by road type (such as motorway or national roads) and by category of road user (including drivers, passengers, and pedestrians).

    Road categories available:

    • Motorways/Highways

    • Main/National roads

    • Secondary/Regional roads

    • Other roads (urban and rural)

    Road user categories available:

    • Driver of a four-wheel vehicle

    • Passenger of a four-wheel vehicle

    • Users of motorised two or three-wheeled vehicles

    • Pedal cycle users

    • Pedestrians

    • Other users
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Road
    Modes
    • Walking
    • Cycling
    • Two-/Three-wheelers
    • Cars
    • Private cars
    • Taxis
    • Truck
    • Bus
    Services
    • Passenger
    • Freight
    Update frequency Annually
    Indicators
    1. Fatalities Gender Ratio
    2. Killed Road Users
    3. Persons Injured
    4. Fatal Accidents
    5. Non-fatal Injury Accidents
    6. Injury Accidents
    7. Vehicle Damage only Accidents
    8. Persons Killed Rate
    9. Injury Accident Rate
    10. Injury Accident Density
    11. Injury Accident Risk
    Units
    1. n
    2. Fatalities / 100,000 population
    3. injury accidents / 100,000 population
    4. accidents / 100km road
    5. injury accidents / 100m Veh-Km
    6. % males
    Dimensioning persons killed by road type, by road user, by sex, by vehicle type
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      Data Provider IRF
      URL https://worldroadstatistics.org
      Data Access Recent 6 years of data (2018-2023 for the 2025 edition) are publicly available. WRS Millennium Data (2000-2023) is available for a fee.
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