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Global road deaths data
July 31 , 2026
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- Road traffic deaths worldwide declined by 21 per cent between 2011 and 2025 despite the addition of more than one billion vehicles to the world's roads.
- This was according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- However, the WHO South-East Asian Region, which includes India, recorded only a 2 per cent reduction in road fatalities.
- The region also consists of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste.
- The WHO European Region recorded the largest decline.
- The latest WHO figures were released as United Nations (UN) member states adopted a new General Assembly declaration on road safety.
- The declaration seeks to accelerate efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of reducing road deaths and serious injuries by 50 per cent by 2030, compared with 2021 levels.
- A key pillar of the declaration is the "Safe System" approach, which recognises that human error is inevitable and therefore calls for safer road design, better vehicles, lower speeds and stronger regulations to minimise the risk of fatal crashes.
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