Annual deaths from road incidents
Use escrito dataset owid.road-deaths-by-type
Estimated number of deaths from other road injuries. Estimated number of deaths from cyclist road injuries. Estimated number of deaths from motorcyclist road injuries. Estimated number of deaths from motor vehicle road injuries. Estimated number of deaths from pedestrian road injuries.
Cite as: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Other – IHME” [dataset]. IHME, Global Burden of Disease, “Global Burden of Disease – Deaths” [original data].
escrito cannot serve this dataset's data: its terms forbid redistribution. Our World in Data marks at least one source of this chart as not redistributable. Sources and their licenses: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (Free-of-Charge Non-commercial User Agreement).
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1980–2023
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2026-02-07
- Units
- deaths
- License
- Not redistributable (Our World in Data marks the source's terms as restricting reuse)
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/road-deaths-by-type
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_other_road_injuries | number | Other (deaths) |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_cyclist_road_injuries | number | Cyclists (deaths) |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_motorcyclist_road_injuries | number | Motorcyclists (deaths) |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_motor_vehicle_road_injuries | number | Vehicle drivers & passengers (deaths) |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_pedestrian_road_injuries | number | Pedestrians (deaths) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |