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Annual death rate due to road accidents in Argentina
Source: Luchemos por la Vida - Asociación Civil
Year Number of
deaths per year
Average of
deaths per day
Average of
deaths per month
1996 7,864 22 645
1997 8,123 22 677
1998 7,579 21 635
1999 7,533 21 628
2000 7,545 21 629
2001 7,071 20 589
2002 6,806 19 568
2003 7,055 20 588
2004 7,137 20 595
2005 7,138 20 595
2006 7,557 21 629
2007 8,104 22 676


Total deaths in 2007: 8,104 (Provisional figures up to 1/3/2008)
Source: Luchemos por la Vida - Asociación Civil


Deaths caused by road accidents throughout the world, per year, per millon vehicles, in different countries.
Source: FITAC - Federación Interamericana de Touring y Automóvil Clubes (Interamerican Federation of Touirng and Automobile Clubs): www.fitac.org
COUNTRY Deaths due to road accidents
(Per year, per million vehicles)
CHINA 2,033
ROMANIA 1,414
ARGENTINA 1,310
POLAND 890
TURKEY 752
GREECE 650
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 590
BULGARIA 519
HUNGARY 511
PORTUGAL 466
CHECK REPUBLIC 444
IRELAND 345
ISRAEL 332
FRANCE 329
SPAIN 302
DENMARK 267
LUXEMBURG 258
AUSTRIA 257
BELGIUM 249
SWITZERLANDIZA 212
UNITED STATES 209
HOLLAND 206
GERMANY 188
ITALY 186
CANADA 180
FINLAND 179
AUSTRALIA 164
GREAT BRITAIN 160
JAPAN 145
SWEDENECIA 132
NORWAY 105