National Police Agency reported that 3,532 of people were killed by car accidents in 2018. 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 162 from 2017.
The following figure shows the rate of motor vehicle deaths by prefecture in 2018.
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 2018
Table: Motor Vehicle Deaths by Prefecture in 2018
| Prefecture | Deaths |
| Aichi | 189 |
| Chiba | 186 |
| Saitama | 175 |
| Kanagawa | 162 |
| Hyōgo | 152 |
| Osaka | 147 |
| Tokyo | 143 |
| Hokkaido | 141 |
| Fukuoka | 136 |
| Ibaraki | 122 |
| Shizuoka | 104 |
| Niigata | 102 |
| Hiroshima | 92 |
| Gifu | 91 |
| Tochigi | 89 |
| Mie | 87 |
| Fukushima | 75 |
| Okayama | 68 |
| Nagano | 66 |
| Gunma | 64 |
| Kagoshima | 64 |
| Kumamoto | 60 |
| Iwate | 59 |
| Ehime | 59 |
| Miyagi | 56 |
| Toyama | 54 |
| Kyoto | 52 |
| Yamaguchi | 52 |
| Yamagata | 51 |
| Aomori | 45 |
| Nara | 45 |
| Kagawa | 44 |
| Akita | 42 |
| Fukui | 41 |
| Shiga | 39 |
| Oita | 39 |
| Okinawa | 38 |
| Yamanashi | 37 |
| Wakayama | 36 |
| Nagasaki | 36 |
| Miyazaki | 34 |
| Tokushima | 31 |
| Saga | 30 |
| Kochi | 29 |
| Ishikawa | 28 |
| Tottori | 20 |
| Shimane | 20 |
Table: Motor Vehicle Death Rate per 100,000 by Prefecture in 2018
| Prefecture | Rate, Per 100,000 |
| Fukui | 5.26 |
| Toyama | 5.11 |
| Mie | 4.83 |
| Iwate | 4.70 |
| Yamagata | 4.63 |
| Kagawa | 4.55 |
| Tochigi | 4.55 |
| Gifu | 4.53 |
| Niigata | 4.50 |
| Yamanashi | 4.50 |
| Ehime | 4.33 |
| Ibaraki | 4.22 |
| Akita | 4.22 |
| Tokushima | 4.17 |
| Kochi | 4.06 |
| Fukushima | 3.99 |
| Kagoshima | 3.94 |
| Wakayama | 3.81 |
| Yamaguchi | 3.76 |
| Saga | 3.64 |
| Okayama | 3.57 |
| Tottori | 3.54 |
| Aomori | 3.52 |
| Kumamoto | 3.40 |
| Oita | 3.39 |
| Nara | 3.34 |
| Gunma | 3.27 |
| Hiroshima | 3.25 |
| Nagano | 3.18 |
| Miyazaki | 3.12 |
| Chiba | 2.98 |
| Shimane | 2.92 |
| Shizuoka | 2.83 |
| Hyōgo | 2.76 |
| Shiga | 2.76 |
| Fukuoka | 2.66 |
| Nagasaki | 2.66 |
| Hokkaido | 2.65 |
| Okinawa | 2.63 |
| Aichi | 2.51 |
| Ishikawa | 2.44 |
| Miyagi | 2.41 |
| Saitama | 2.39 |
| Kyoto | 2.00 |
| Kanagawa | 1.77 |
| Osaka | 1.67 |
| Tokyo | 1.04 |
Source is National Police Agency. 平成30年中の交通事故死者数について
www.npa.go.jp/news/release/2019/20190104jiko.html
www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000031782696&fileKind=0
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