What we count
Deaths of drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians resulting from road traffic crashes.
Road traffic deaths this year
How many people die in road traffic crashes according to the global estimate in WHO's licensed report.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
74,713,973blood donations this year
45,300,000induced abortions this year
645,000,000undernourished people worldwide
What lies behind this number
Deaths of drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians resulting from road traffic crashes.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
The international estimate adjusts incomplete national reporting and does not show the millions more who suffer non-fatal injuries.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from WHO Global status report on road safety 2023 for 2021 (WHO estimate published in 2023).
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value1,190,000deaths
- Period
- 2021 (WHO estimate published in 2023)
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WHO Global status report on road safety 2023
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value1,190,0002021 (WHO estimate published in 2023) · deaths
Average per day3,258even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WHO Global status report on road safety 2023 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2021 (WHO estimate published in 2023).
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WHO Global status report on road safety 2023 and refers to 2021 (WHO estimate published in 2023). It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- WHO Global status report on road safety 2023
- Data period
- 2021 (WHO estimate published in 2023)
- Verified
- 15 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation