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Motor Vehicle Deaths in Japan, 2016

National Police Agency reported that 3,904 of people were killed by car accidents in 2016. Those were the victims only who died within 24 hours after the accidents. The actual victims are more than them.

The number of victims decreased by 213 from 2015.

The following figure shows the rate of motor vehicle deaths by prefecture in 2016.

Red prefectures are high risk regions. Blue prefectures are relatively low risk areas. Tokyo is the lowest.

Figure: Motor Vehicle Death Rate per 100,000 by Prefecture in 2016

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Table: Motor Vehicle Deaths by Prefecture in 2016

Prefecture Deaths
Aichi 212
Chiba 185
Osaka 161
Tokyo 159
Hokkaido 158
Hyōgo 152
Saitama 151
Ibaraki 150
Fukuoka 143
Kanagawa 140
Shizuoka 137
Nagano 121
Niigata 107
Mie 100
Fukushima 90
Gifu 90
Hiroshima 86
Okayama 79
Ehime 77
Tochigi 76
Iwate 73
Miyagi 71
Kumamoto 67
Kagoshima 65
Yamaguchi 64
Gunma 62
Kagawa 61
Toyama 60
Kyoto 60
Akita 54
Aomori 53
Shiga 53
Fukui 51
Tokushima 49
Ishikawa 48
Nara 47
Miyazaki 45
Kochi 42
Oita 42
Nagasaki 41
Wakayama 40
Okinawa 39
Yamanashi 35
Saga 35
Yamagata 28
Shimane 28
Tottori 17
   

Table: Motor Vehicle Death Rate per 100,000 by Prefecture in 2016

Prefecture Rate per 100,000
Tokushima 6.48
Fukui 6.48
Kagawa 6.25
Kochi 5.77
Nagano 5.77
Iwate 5.70
Toyama 5.63
Ehime 5.56
Mie 5.51
Akita 5.28
Ibaraki 5.14
Fukushima 4.70
Niigata 4.64
Yamaguchi 4.56
Gifu 4.43
Saga 4.20
Yamanashi 4.19
Ishikawa 4.16
Wakayama 4.15
Okayama 4.11
Miyazaki 4.08
Aomori 4.05
Shimane 4.03
Kagoshima 3.94
Tochigi 3.85
Shiga 3.75
Kumamoto 3.75
Shizuoka 3.70
Oita 3.60
Nara 3.44
Gunma 3.14
Miyagi 3.04
Hiroshima 3.02
Nagasaki 2.98
Chiba 2.97
Tottori 2.96
Hokkaido 2.94
Aichi 2.83
Fukuoka 2.80
Hyōgo 2.75
Okinawa 2.72
Yamagata 2.49
Kyoto 2.30
Saitama 2.08
Osaka 1.82
Kanagawa 1.53
Tokyo 1.18
   

Source is National Police Agency.

www.npa.go.jp/toukei/index.htm#koutsuu

www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?lid=000001168544

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