Road traffic deaths fell despite a billion more vehicles
Global road fatalities dropped by 21 percent over fifteen years, even as the number of motor vehicles on the road surged by more than one billion.
The world has experienced a profound shift in how people move, marked by the addition of over one billion motor vehicles to global roads between 2011 and 2025. Despite this massive increase in traffic volume, global road deaths actually declined by 21 percent during the same period. This trend suggests that improvements in road design and safety systems can decouple population growth and vehicle ownership from fatal outcomes.
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