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U.S. Road-Traffic Mortality: WHO Estimate.
What does a population-based traffic death rate capture?
The historical record
Older reporting period2019
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. +0.1 per 100,000 people vs 2018.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Estimated deaths from road-traffic injuries per 100,000 population.
This WHO estimate uses population, not miles traveled, as its denominator. It cannot on its own distinguish traffic exposure from safety per trip. The older reporting period must stay visible next to the value.
WHO estimate; population-based, not deaths per mile traveled.
A better question to ask
For a street-safety proposal, examine exposure, location, injury severity, and a credible before-and-after evaluation.
This is a prompt for investigation, not evidence that a particular policy works. A trend alone cannot establish a cause.
Read the related practical guide ↗Exact observations
20 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 12.7 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 | 12.6 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 | 12.8 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 | 12.9 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 | 12.1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 | 11.3 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 | 11.4 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 | 11.9 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 | 11.6 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 | 11.7 |
| 2009 | 2009-01-01 | 12.1 |
| 2008 | 2008-01-01 | 13.4 |
| 2007 | 2007-01-01 | 14.9 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-01 | 15.6 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-01 | 15.7 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-01 | 15.8 |
| 2003 | 2003-01-01 | 16.0 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-01 | 16.2 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-01 | 15.7 |
| 2000 | 2000-01-01 | 15.7 |
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- Series identifier
- SH.STA.TRAF.P5
- Provider
- World Bank / original statistical sources
- Original source attribution
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho
- Frequency
- Annual
- Source units
- per 100,000 people
- Displayed units
- per 100,000 people
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
- Provider database update
- 2026-07-13 — not the observation date
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