Table G: Fatality rates per capita, for (a) All road users 2019 and 2020 provisional; ranked by respective rates: International Comparisons 1,2

Table G: Fatality rates per capita, for (a) All road users 2019 and 2020 provisional; ranked by respective rates: International Comparisons ^1,2

1. In accordance with the commonly agreed international definition, most countries define a fatality as one being due to a road accident where death occurs within 30 days of the accident. The official road accident statistics of some countries however, limit the fatalities to those occurring within shorter periods after the accident. Numbers of deaths and death rates in the above table have been adjusted according to the factors used by the Economic Commission for Europe and the International Transport Forum (ITF) (formerly known as ECMT) to represent standardised 30-day deaths: Italy (7 days) +8%; France (6 days) +5.7%; Portugal (1 day) +14%; Republic of Korea (3 days) +15%.

2 Source: International Road Traffic and Accident Database (OECD), ETSC, EUROSTAT and CARE (EU road accidents database).

3. The 2019 figures presented for Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom use Scotland’s finalised fatality numbers.

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