According to a 2015 report by the World Health Organization (as reported in Forbes), South Africa has the most dangerous roads in the world, with 25.1
accident fatalities per 100,000 people.
Not exact matches
IATA, which represents about 250 airlines, said in an annual safety report that there were 12 fatal
accidents in 2014 with 641
fatalities, versus 19 fatal
accidents and 517
fatalities per year in the five - year period between 2009 and 2013.
David Sinclair, head of policy for Help the Aged, said: «Safety on our roads is of paramount importance - around 40
per cent of pedestrian
fatalities are older people and older people are far more likely to be severely injured or killed in
accidents.
Instead, in a chart on page 26 of the report on «expected
fatalities per year, worldwide, from a variety of causes,» asteroids are compared with shark attacks (three to seven deaths), firearms
accidents (2,500), earthquakes (36,000), malaria (one million), traffic
accidents (1.2 million), air pollution (two million), HIV / AIDS (2.1 million) and tobacco (five million).
A few sobering stats: The number of bicyclists killed in motor vehicle
accidents increased by 16 % between 2010 and 2012,
per the most recent Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report on bicyclist
fatalities.
An NSF report on a study by Knipling and Wang (Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards Federal Highway Administration) showed that car
accidents related to sleep deprivation resulted in more than 1,500
fatalities and 71,000 injuries
per year.
California's boating
accident fatality rate is 6.1 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, which is in line with the national rate of 6.2.
When a similar policy was implemented in the United Kingdom,
fatalities from
accidents where cyclists were struck by the sides of trucks dropped 61
per cent.
The list of
accident rates (
fatalities per 100,000) in the state of Florida is as follows:
Although the city is under the national
fatality average at 5.4 deaths
per 100,000
accidents, the number is still very high.
But, while the number of other types of fatal
accident has declined in recent years, the increasing popularity of cycling has held
fatality numbers constant at between 700 and 800
per year.
The Resort did not report the
fatality to the Ministry on the basis that the
accident did not involve a worker and had not occurred in a «workplace»
per se given that no employees were present at the time of the incident.
One disturbing trend,
per the Florida Department of Transportation has shown that while only 7 percent of registered vehicles in the state consisted of motorcycles in 2011, motorcycle riders accounted for 14.3 percent of all
accident fatalities.
Machinery is the major cause of
accidents and injuries in farm workers with 70
per cent of
fatalities being attributed to machine rollovers, run overs, entanglement in moving machinery parts or... Read More
Connecticut's boating
accident fatality rate is 7.6 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, whereas the national rate is 6.2.
The National Transportation Safety Board «s preliminary 2008 U.S. general aviation
accident statistics depict over seven
accidents per 100,000 flight hours with over one
fatality.
Alaska's boating
accident fatality rate is 29.9 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, which is significantly higher than the national rate of 6.2
California's boating
accident fatality rate is 6.1 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, which is in line with the national rate of 6.2.
Missouri's boating
accident fatality rate is 6.6 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, whereas the national rate is 6.2.
The county averages about one injury
per accident and suffers from more than 175
fatalities, on average,
per year from traffic
accidents.
Brevard County averages about 4,500 traffic
accidents every year with around 200
fatalities and just about one injury
per accident.
Hawaii's boating
accident fatality rate is 44.9 deaths
per 100,000 registered boats, which is significantly higher than the national rate of 6.2.
By taking refresher courses or instruction from professional school personnel, older drivers can frequently achieve an increased skill level in driving as well as lower the rate of
accidents and
fatalities per mile.