http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563840_eng.pdf
Thanks for posting that much more accurate list than WHO’s list, arencee.
I had calculated it in deaths per 100,000 cars and gotten exactly the figures you quoted, confirming the accuracy of your calculations.
You might also add Kenya to the list who, with 11,037 deaths amongst only 546,000 cars, most likely ranks as the world’s most dangerous place, at least on their roads where there are 2,021 deaths per 100,000 cars. In your notation, that works out to 1/50.
Why on Earth would WHO rank the West Bank/Gaza as one of the safest places to drive when a car there is 35 times as dangerous as one in Switzerland, almost three times as dangerous as one in Iraq, and equally as dangerous as one in Afghanistan?
Posted by: Arencee | 2009-08-21 4:30:13 PM
Ah yes, statistics… Deaths compared to registered vehicles tell a story more sigificant to me. Here are a few:
Deadliest
1 Eritrea 1/751
2 Cook Islands 1/1782
3 Eqypt 1/269
4 Jamahirya 1/854
5 Afghanistan 1/854
6 Iraq 1/1161
7 Niger 1/133
8 Angola 1/285
9 UAE 1/1661
10 Gambia 1/267
Safest
1 Marshall Isl 1/2487
2 San Marino 1/51590
3 Malta 1/25437
4 Uraguay 1/6566
5 Netherlands 1/11205
5 Singapore 1/3978
7 Switzerland 1/14476
7 West Bank 1/418
9 Norway 1/11158
9 Japan 1/13764
Misc
Ethiopia 1/100
Canada 1/6945
China 1/1503
Thailand 1/2051
South Africa 1/573
India 1/688
USA 1/5896
Germany 1/11217