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
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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