Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
20.7 per 100,000 people Nigeria, 2019
Down 1.0% from 20.9 per 100,000 people in 2018.
Modelled estimateIrregularSDG 3.6.1
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.STA.TRAF.P5 · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.
- Type of figure
- Modelled estimate. Produced by a statistical model that combines surveys and other data, often to fill years without a survey. It is not a direct measurement.
- Updated
- Irregular
- SDG target
- 3.6.1
- Compiled from
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.STA.TRAF.P5)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.TRAF.P5. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 20.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 20.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 21.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 21.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 21.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 21.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 22.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 22.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 22.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 25.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 25.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 25.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 25.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 26.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 27.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 27.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 28.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 29.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 29.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 29.2 per 100,000 people |