Motor Vehicle Deaths in Japan, 2019
National Police Agency reported that 3,215 of people were killed by car accidents in 2019. 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 317 from 2018.
Table: Number of Motor Vehicle Deaths 1948-2019
Year | Accidents | Injured | Deaths | Deaths per 100,000 |
1948 | 21,341 | 17,609 | 3,848 | 4.93 |
1949 | 25,113 | 20,242 | 3,790 | 4.74 |
1950 | 33,212 | 25,450 | 4,202 | 5.14 |
1951 | 41,423 | 31,274 | 4,429 | 5.32 |
1952 | 58,487 | 43,321 | 4,696 | 5.55 |
1953 | 80,019 | 59,280 | 5,544 | 6.46 |
1954 | 93,869 | 72,390 | 6,374 | 7.32 |
1955 | 93,981 | 76,501 | 6,379 | 7.22 |
1956 | 122,691 | 102,072 | 6,751 | 7.56 |
1957 | 146,833 | 124,530 | 7,575 | 8.39 |
1958 | 168,799 | 145,432 | 8,248 | 9.05 |
1959 | 201,292 | 175,951 | 10,079 | 10.95 |
1960 | 449,917 | 289,156 | 12,055 | 12.97 |
1961 | 493,693 | 308,697 | 12,865 | 13.77 |
1962 | 479,825 | 313,813 | 11,445 | 12.14 |
1963 | 531,966 | 359,089 | 12,301 | 12.92 |
1964 | 557,183 | 401,117 | 13,318 | 13.85 |
1965 | 567,286 | 425,666 | 12,484 | 12.85 |
1966 | 425,944 | 517,775 | 13,904 | 14.15 |
1967 | 521,481 | 655,377 | 13,618 | 13.75 |
1968 | 635,056 | 828,071 | 14,256 | 14.22 |
1969 | 720,880 | 967,000 | 16,257 | 16.03 |
1970 | 718,080 | 981,096 | 16,765 | 16.33 |
1971 | 700,290 | 949,689 | 16,278 | 15.69 |
1972 | 659,283 | 889,198 | 15,918 | 15.16 |
1973 | 586,713 | 789,948 | 14,574 | 13.58 |
1974 | 490,452 | 651,420 | 11,432 | 10.52 |
1975 | 472,938 | 622,467 | 10,792 | 9.81 |
1976 | 471,041 | 613,957 | 9,734 | 8.70 |
1977 | 460,649 | 593,211 | 8,945 | 7.91 |
1978 | 464,037 | 594,116 | 8,783 | 7.69 |
1979 | 471,573 | 596,282 | 8,466 | 7.35 |
1980 | 476,677 | 598,719 | 8,760 | 7.54 |
1981 | 485,578 | 607,346 | 8,719 | 7.45 |
1982 | 502,261 | 626,192 | 9,073 | 7.70 |
1983 | 526,362 | 654,822 | 9,520 | 8.02 |
1984 | 518,642 | 644,321 | 9,262 | 7.75 |
1985 | 552,788 | 681,346 | 9,261 | 7.70 |
1986 | 579,190 | 712,330 | 9,317 | 7.70 |
1987 | 590,723 | 722,179 | 9,347 | 7.68 |
1988 | 614,481 | 752,845 | 10,344 | 8.46 |
1989 | 661,363 | 814,832 | 11,086 | 9.03 |
1990 | 643,097 | 790,295 | 11,227 | 9.11 |
1991 | 662,392 | 810,245 | 11,109 | 8.99 |
1992 | 695,346 | 844,003 | 11,452 | 9.23 |
1993 | 724,678 | 878,633 | 10,945 | 8.79 |
1994 | 729,461 | 881,723 | 10,653 | 8.54 |
1995 | 761,794 | 922,677 | 10,684 | 8.54 |
1996 | 771,085 | 942,204 | 9,943 | 7.92 |
1997 | 780,401 | 958,925 | 9,642 | 7.66 |
1998 | 803,882 | 990,676 | 9,214 | 7.30 |
1999 | 850,371 | 1,050,399 | 9,012 | 7.12 |
2000 | 931,950 | 1,155,707 | 9,073 | 7.16 |
2001 | 947,253 | 1,181,039 | 8,757 | 6.90 |
2002 | 936,950 | 1,168,029 | 8,396 | 6.60 |
2003 | 948,281 | 1,181,681 | 7,768 | 6.10 |
2004 | 952,720 | 1,183,617 | 7,436 | 5.83 |
2005 | 934,346 | 1,157,113 | 6,937 | 5.43 |
2006 | 887,267 | 1,098,564 | 6,415 | 5.02 |
2007 | 832,704 | 1,034,652 | 5,796 | 4.54 |
2008 | 766,394 | 945,703 | 5,209 | 4.08 |
2009 | 737,637 | 911,215 | 4,979 | 3.90 |
2010 | 725,924 | 896,297 | 4,948 | 3.88 |
2011 | 692,084 | 854,613 | 4,691 | 3.66 |
2012 | 665,157 | 825,392 | 4,438 | 3.47 |
2013 | 629,033 | 781,492 | 4,388 | 3.44 |
2014 | 573,842 | 711,374 | 4,113 | 3.23 |
2015 | 536,899 | 666,023 | 4,117 | 3.24 |
2016 | 499,201 | 618,853 | 3,904 | 3.07 |
2017 | 472,165 | 580,850 | 3,694 | 2.91 |
2018 | 430,601 | 525,846 | 3,532 | 2.79 |
2019 | 381,002 | 460,715 | 3,215 | 2.54 |
Source is National Police Agency. 交通事故統計、年報、交通事故死者数について
www.npa.go.jp/publications/statistics/koutsuu/toukeihyo.html
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