Global status report on road safety 2023

The Global status report on road safety 2023 details the scale of global road traffic deaths, and progress in advancing laws, strategies and actions to reduce them around the world.

The fifth report in a series, it provides an overview of progress between 2010 and 2021, and sets a baseline for the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 target of halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030.

The report shows that the number of road traffic deaths has fallen slightly to 1.19 million per year, and that efforts to improve road safety are having an impact. Yet the price paid for mobility remains far too high, and urgent action is needed if the goal of halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030 is to be achieved.

Profiles are available for countries or territories who participated in the GSRRS 2023 data collection survey.

The Global status report on road safety 2023 shows that the number of annual road traffic deaths has fallen slightly to 1.19 million. The report shows that efforts to improve road safety are having an impact, and that significant reductions in road traffic...

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Global status report on road safety 2023: summary

The Summary of the Global status report on road safety 2023 shows that the number of annual road traffic deaths has fallen slightly to 1.19 million....

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Country and territory profiles

Country profiles

Country profiles present selected data, statistics and information to provide national health profiles at given points in time.

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Global status report on road safety 2023: country and territory profiles

The country and territory profile report accompanies the Global status report on road safety 2023 and is the last of the three report-related products...

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News

13 December 2023

News release

Despite notable progress, road safety remains urgent global issue

Launch event

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, delivering his remarks

13 December 2023

Launch of Global status report on road safety 2023

13 December 2023 10:00 – 11:00 CET

Launch of the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023

Road Safety Data App

Road safety timeline

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Background resources

Indicators

The Excel file contains data as presented both in the Global status report on road safety 2023: country and territory profiles, the stand alone profiles, and the mobile application WHO ROAD SAFETY DATA. These data pertain to the Member States and Territories that agreed to participate in the GSRRS 2023 data collection survey, one of the several data sources used for the report.

In addition to the indicators shown in the profiles, the Excel contains the 2023 update of the 2010 and 2016 WHO estimates for road fatalities (point estimates, lower and upper confidence intervals) and the corresponding fatality rates per 100 000 population. For updates on the WHO-led road fatality estimations, please visit Global Health Estimates.

Note that the first row of the Excel contains variable names and the second row contains a text description summarizing content. Countries are presented using their three letter ISO-code as well as their official WHO short name.

Any other data queries should be addressed to sam@who.int.

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Previous reports

The Global status report on road safety 2023 is the 5^th report led by WHO. Previous reports and their products in several languages can be accessed below.

Global status report on road safety: time for action

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WHO global status report on road safety 2013: supporting a decade of action

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Global status report on road safety 2015

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The Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35...

Global status report on road safety 2023