| 1997 to 2003 : Vehicle and Human Population, Number of Fatal Road Accidents, Fatalities and Rates |
| Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| All Registered Vehicles (*1,000) |
6,555 |
6,604 |
6,715 |
6,815 |
6,904 |
7,000 |
7,187 |
| Motorised Vehicles (*1,000) |
5,819 |
5,851 |
5,955 |
6,050 |
6,160 |
6,245 |
6,417 |
| Fuel Sales for Road Use (m.litres) |
13,076 |
14,023 |
13,923 |
14,066 |
14,694 |
14,910 |
15,540 |
| Mil.Veh.kms Traveled |
114,664 |
117,025 |
116,911 |
112,563 |
113,067 |
113,983 |
118,327 |
| No. of Fatal Crashes |
7,790 |
7,260 |
7,342 |
NA |
8,802 |
9,973 |
10,197 |
| No. of Fatalities |
9,691 |
9,068 |
10,523 |
NA |
11,201 |
12,198 |
12,353 |
| Human Population (million) |
41.67 |
42.34 |
43.29 |
43.69 |
44.33 |
45.17 |
46.13 |
| Crashes per 10,000 Vehicles |
13.39 |
12.41 |
12.33 |
NA |
14.29 |
15.97 |
15.89 |
| Crashes per 100 Mil.Veh.Kms |
6.79 |
6.20 |
6.28 |
NA |
7.78 |
8.75 |
8.62 |
| Fatalities per Crash |
1.24 |
1.25 |
1.43 |
NA |
1.27 |
1.22 |
1.21 |
| Fatalities per 10,000 Vehicles |
16.65 |
15.50 |
17.67 |
NA |
18.18 |
19.53 |
19.25 |
| Fatalities per 100 Mil.Veh.Kms |
8.45 |
7.75 |
9.00 |
NA |
9.91 |
10.70 |
10.44 |
| Fatalities per 100,000 Population |
23.26 |
21.42 |
24.31 |
NA |
25.27 |
27.00 |
26.78 |