### 2. Traffic fatalities per 100,000 people

Comparing data on traffic fatalities per 100,000 people of 29 countries from the International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) reveals Japan to be in sixth place at 5.2 people per 100,000 people (2007). If the target of traffic fatalities being less than 2,500 could be achieved by about 2018 the traffic fatalities per 100,000 people in Japan would then be 2.3 people.

Traffic fatalities per 100,000 people

Note 1. Source: IRTAD

2. Except when otherwise indicated in parenthesis the data is for 2007.

3. The data is based on all deaths occurring within 30 days of an accident.

4. The figure (2018) for Japan was calculated using the estimated deaths and forecasted population of Japan in 2018 of 123,915,000, the former having been obtained by multiplying the target figure of fatalities made by the government within 24 hours of accident in 2018 of 2,500 by the ratio of fatalities within 30 days of an accident to those within 24 hours of an accident in 2007, i.e. 2890. (The figure of 123,915,000 is cited in “Population by three divisions of the age of the total population and age structure coefficient: medium level of births (medium level of deaths) estimation made by National Institute of Population and Social Security Research” (estimated in December, 2006))

3. Target of each country relating to a decrease in number of traffic fatalities

In Japan the Fundamental Traffic Safety Program that establishes numerical objectives based on the Traffic Safety Measures Basic Law is formulated every 5 years, with in addition comments on the number of traffic fatalities needing to be reduced by half in ten years from now also being published. Many OECD countries have also set the target of decreasing the number of traffic fatalities over the middle term, but Japan has the high level targeted.

Name of country	National Target
United Kingdom	In 2010 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased by 40% when compared with the average of 1994 through 1998.
Australia	In 2010 the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 people will have decreased by 40% when compared with 1999.
Netherlands	In 2020 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased to less than 580 when compared with the average of 1,106 from 2000 through 2002.
Canada	In 2012 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased by 30% when compared with the average of 1996 through 2001.
Sweden	In 2007 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased by 50% to less than 270 when compared with the 537 recorded from 1996.
Denmark	In 2012 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased by 40%, less than 200 when compared with 2005.
New Zealand	In 2010 the number of traffic fatalities will be 300 rather than the 455 in 2001.
Finland	In 2010 the number of traffic fatalities will be under 250, and by 2025 under 100.
France	In 2012 the number of traffic fatalities will be under 3000 rather than the 4709 in 2006.
United States	In 2011 the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 VMT will decrease by 40% when compared with 1996.
EU	In 2010 the number of traffic fatalities will have decreased by 30% when compared with 2001.

Note 1. Source: OECD

2. Number of traffic fatalities (died within 30 days)( IRTAD)

3. VMT is an abbreviation for Vehicle Miles Traveled.