The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) is a permanent working group of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum. It is composed of road safety experts and statisticians from renowned safety research institutes, national road and transport administrations, international organisations, universities, automobile associations, the automobile industry, and others from OECD and non-OECD countries.

It is with great pleasure that I present the 2016 edition of the Annual Report of the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) which contains the most recent road safety data and up-to-date information on road safety measures and strategies for 40 countries.

The 2016 Annual Report on Road Safety has been prepared by the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) and is based on data included in the IRTAD Database.

Each year, about 1.2 million people die in crashes on the world’s roads and many millions are seriously injured. Taking effective action to cut this unacceptable toll begins with reliable data, on the scale of the problem, exposure to crash risks and the effectiveness of policies. Transport ministries, road safety agencies, research institutes, industry and non-governmental organisations co-operate in the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) to improve collection and analysis of data, understand trends in the rates of death and serious injury and improve the empirical basis for designing more effective road safety policies. Common reporting standards allow benchmarking of performance across the membership of the IRTAD. The group’s 2016 Road Safety Annual Report provides the most recent road safety data for member countries, including provisional data for 2015 and an overview of road safety strategies in each country.

This chapter presents an overview of road safety data in 2014 for 32 countries, as well as provisional data for 2015. It looks at progress with respect to developments, strategies and targets related to the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, as well as current national road safety strategies and legislation regarding speed limits, drinking and driving, and the use of seat belts and helmets.

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Australia along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt use. Australia has a National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020 along with an interim Action Plan for 2015-2017. This chapter reviews these strategies, their development and implementation and the progress achieved to date. It also looks at recently adopted safety measures and improvements in infrastructure.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Austria along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behavior patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and other factors involved in road crashes. The chapter reviews Austria’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Belgium along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes the results of Belgium’s recent work on speed management, as well as data on drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Belgium’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measuress.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Cambodia along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at recent trends in traffic and road safety as well as road user behaviour patterns, including speed, drink driving and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter also reviews Cambodia’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Canada. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt use. This chapter reviews Canada’s national road safety strategies, their development and implementation and the progress achieved to date, along with a brief review of its new Road Safety Strategy 2025. It also looks at recently adopted safety measures and ongoing research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Chile along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 2000 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Chile’s road safety strategy and the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for the Czech Republic along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews the Czech Republic’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at ongoing research and recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Denmark along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews the Danish road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far along with current and ongoing research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Finland along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Finland’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for France along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews France’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020. It also looks at the most recently implemented safety measures and on-going research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Germany along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1991 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Germany’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures and current research work.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Greece along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Greece’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at recently implemented safety measures.

This chapter presents detailed 2014 road safety data for Hungary along with an overview of results from 2015. It looks at Hungary’s road safety history and reviews trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 along with road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Hungary’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Iceland. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Iceland’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2022 along with interim targets to help monitor progress. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures and ongoing research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Ireland along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Ireland’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also provides details of all recently implemented safety measures and current and ongoing research.*

This chapter presents detailed 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Israel. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Israel’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020. It also looks at the most recently implemented safety measures and current research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Italy along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Italy’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Jamaica along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at recent trends in traffic and road safety and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Jamaica’s road safety strategy and national targets along with recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Japan along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving and the use of seat belts and helmets. The chapter reviews Japan’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and briefly looks at the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Korea along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Korea’s road safety strategy and current national targets along with details of recently implemented safety measures and current research initiatives.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Lithuania along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and other factors involved in road crashes. The chapter reviews Lithuania’s road safety strategy to 2020 along with the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Luxembourg. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Luxembourg’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 along with the most recently implemented safety measures and current research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Malaysia along with provisional data for 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Malaysia’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 along with recently implemented safety measures and current research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Morocco along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Morocco’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2025 along with recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Mexico along with trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Mexico’s road safety strategy, recently implemented safety measures and current research.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for the Netherlands along with fatality data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews the Dutch road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at ongoing research and recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for New Zealand along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and other factors involved in road crashes. The chapter reviews New Zealand’s current road safety strategy, “Safer Journeys”, along with the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 and 2015 road safety data from Nigeria. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Nigeria’s road safety strategy and national targets along with details of recently implemented safety measures and research undertaken.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Norway along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Norway’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2024 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Poland along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Poland’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Portugal along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews Portugal’s road safety strategy, national targets and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents detailed 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Serbia. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Serbia’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the performance indicators put into place to help with monitoring. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Slovenia along with an overview of results from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Slovenia’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2022 and the progress achieved thus far. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

South Africa joined the International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) group in 2016. This chapter presents 2014 and 2015 road safety data for South Africa. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes regulations on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews South Africa’s road safety strategy and national targets, along with recently implemented safety measures and current research projects.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for Spain along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, and seat belt and helmet usage. The chapter reviews the Spain’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the progress achieved thus far. It also looks at ongoing research and recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents detailed 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Sweden. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Sweden’s road safety strategy and national targets to 2020 and the performance indicators put into place to help with monitoring. It also highlights the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents detailed 2014 and 2015 road safety data for Switzerland. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and seat belt and helmet use. The chapter reviews Switzerland’s road safety strategy along with the most recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for the United Kingdom along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews the United Kingdom’s road safety strategy and recently implemented safety measures.*

This chapter presents 2014 road safety data for the United States along with provisional data from 2015. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2014 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes data on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving, distracted driving, fatigue and seat belt usage. The chapter reviews the United States’ road safety strategy and looks at recently implemented safety measures and research.*