Road deaths
International comparisons
In 2006 New Zealand’s road death rate for youth aged 15 to 24 years (16.9 per 100,000) ranked 18th out of 27 OECD countries, just above the OECD median of 16 deaths per 100,000 people aged 15 to 24 years.(1)
New Zealand’s 2006 rate was similar to that of Canada (16.4 per 100,000 in 2005) and Australia (15.8 per 100,000 in 2006), well above that of the United Kingdom (11.2 per 100,000 in 2006), but well below that of the United States (25.5 per 100,000 in 2005).
Notes
1. OECD (2008) International Road Traffic and Accident Database (see link at right).
