Accident rates over a period 1994-2003 in ASEAN countries

Country Deaths Ii uiies Vehicles (vehicles per (Deaths pear (Deaths per  

Notes Source of data is ASNet ASEAN Road Safety Regional Network and Database  

Correction fector for deaths and injuries (2003) were estimated by ADB experts and the same were applied to year 1994 Number of vehicles is taken as the sum of all registered care, buses and coaches, lorries, motorcycles and motorised three-wheelers. 

There is no meaning to use the total number of fatalities or injuries to compare the safety problem in ASEAN countries, due to wide differences in population and motorisation in these countries. Measures of risk are essential in comparing different countries and studying the development of the road safety situation. Therefore, numbers of deaths have to be translated into measurable indicators that take road usage and exposure to accidents into account. The two general indicators of death rates relevant to our comparisons are traffic risk (fatalities per vehicles) and personal risk (fatalities per 

Comparisons are still less accurate as a result of the difference in risks between the types of vehicle, where motorcycles have a higher risk of crash and injury. In addition some type of vehicles on roads (e.g. motorised three wheelers for instance in Indonesia and Cambodia) have a limited number of kilometres driven compared to other vehicles. Moreover, Brunei for instance has a high percentage of vehicles per family, and many families have more than one car and fewer vehicle-passengers per trip compared to other ASEAN countries. 

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Table 4.3 Accident rates over a period 1994-2003 in ASEAN countries...

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