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Public SafetyRanked snapshot2021

MALAYSIA VS PEERS · ROAD SAFETY · WHO

How does Malaysia's WHO-estimated road mortality compare with selected ASEAN peers?

WHO modelled road-traffic mortality rates for Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam and Thailand using the same 2021 reference year.

World Health OrganizationWHO road-safety profiles · 2021 mortality estimates
SHOW ME THE DATA2021 · WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
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PULSEKITA SNAPSHOT2021
RANKED SNAPSHOT
2021
1Singapore1.9WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
2Indonesia11.3WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
3Malaysia13.9WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
4Viet Nam17.7WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
5Thailand25.4WHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
WHOWorld Health OrganizationWHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
SourceWorld Health Organization ↗WHO road-safety profiles · 2021 mortality estimatesLOW CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
IN BRIEF

Malaysia's WHO-estimated 2021 road mortality rate was 13.9 per 100,000 in this selected five-country peer set.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

How the numbers were calculated

PulseKita transcribes the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 country profiles. All five values are WHO modelled estimates for 2021, not each country's reported fatality rate. This is a selected peer benchmark, not a complete ASEAN ranking.

  • Malaysia: 13.9 estimated road deaths per 100,000 people.
  • Singapore: 1.9; Indonesia: 11.3; Viet Nam: 17.7; Thailand: 25.4.
  • WHO estimated 4,680 road-traffic deaths for Malaysia in 2021, compared with 4,539 nationally reported fatalities in the same profile.
  • Modelled estimates improve international comparability but still carry uncertainty intervals and should not be treated as exact incident counts.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
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    Declared sourceGlobal status report on road safety 2023
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    TransformationPulseKita transcribes the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 country profiles. All five values are WHO modelled estimates for 2021, not each country's reported fatality rate. This is a selected peer benchmark, not a complete ASEAN ranking.
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    Published visualRanked snapshot

Source

LOW CONFIDENCEunknown
COVERAGE2021
UNITWHO-estimated road deaths per 100,000 people
SOURCEunknown
UPDATEDWHO road-safety profiles · 2021 mortality estimates
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