Traffic Deaths in the Municipalities of Japan (2002)

Road traffic accident fatalities in Japan totaled 8,326 during 2002. This figure represented a halving of road accident deaths as compared to the 16,765 peak recorded in 1970. Additionally, the number of accidents and the number of injuries in 2002 both registered a year-to-year decline for the first time in 12 years.   In an effort to fight traffic accidents, since 1995 ITARDA has been supplying statistical data on accidents that occurred in each of the municipalities throughout Japan. We hope these data will be put to use by various agencies and individuals to help reduce road traffic accidents and injuries anywhere in the world.   A fatality is defined as a death within 24 hours resulting from a traffic accident. For detailed analysis, the statistics divide fatalities into those from accidents on surface roads and those on expressways. But the number of fatalities per 10,000 population is calculated exclusively from fatalities on surface roads and is ranked from high to low.

Prefectures (Unit: Persons)

Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hokkaido Hyogo Ibaraki Ishikawa Iwate Kagawa Kagoshima Kanagawa Kochi Kumamoto Kyoto Mie Miyagi Miyazaki Nagano Nagasaki Nara Niigata Oita Okayama Okinawa Osaka Saga Saitama Shiga Shimane Shizuoka Tochigi Tokushima Tokyo Tottori Toyama Wakayama Yamagata Yamaguchi Yamanashi

Summary Traffic Accidents in 2002    2001 Comparison Accidents 936,721 -10448 -1.1% Deaths 8,326 -421 -4.8% Injured 1,167,855 -13100 -1.1% *"Accidents" resulting in deaths and/or injuries. Average fatalities per city, ward, town, and village    Numbers of municipalities Fatalities Fatalities per 10,000 population Average Previous year comparison Average Previous year comparison Cities excluding major cities / Tokyo wards 663/23 6.44 -0.36 -5.4% 0.55 -0.03 -5.2% Wards of major cities 128 6.52 0.33 5.3% 0.43 0.002 5.7% Towns 1,980 1.23 -0.07 -5.4% 0.99 -0.05 -4.4% Villages 562 0.54 -0.07 -11.6% 1.26 -0.12 -8.8% Nationwide 3,356 2.38 -0.11 -4.4% 0.63 -0.03 -4.3% The most populated of the 1,171 municipalities recording no fatalities Cities with no fatalities: 28 cities Population Kokubunji city   (Tokyo) 109,886 Koganei city    (Tokyo) 107,303 Katano city    (Osaka) 77,782 Nagaokakyo city    (Kyoto) 76,939 Owariasahi city    (Aichi) 76,506 Wards of major cities with no fatalities: 2 wards Population Miyakojima-ku      (Osaka) 94,478 Higashinari-ku    (Osaka) 71,401 Towns with no fatalities: 762 towns Population Samukawa-machi      (Kanagawa) 46,407 Kumatori-cho      (Osaka) 43,064 Nagayo-cho      (Nagasaki) 41,808 Togo-cho      (Aichi) 37,343 Moroyama-machi      (Saitama) 37,039 Villages with no fatalities: 379 villages Population Misato-mura    (Nagano) 17,343 Shinto-mura   (Gunma) 13,850 Minamiminowa-mura    (Nagano) 13,156 Rokkasho-mura   (Aomori) 11,646 Inba-mura    (Chiba) 11,586 Cities, wards, towns and villages with the highest fatalities per 10,000 population 663 cities excluding major cities & 23 Tokyo wards Population Fatalities per 10,000 population Fukagawa city    (Hokkaido) 26,661 3.00 Yubari city    (Hokkaido) 14,880 2.69 Kameyama city    (Mie) 38,764 2.58 Bizen city    (Okayama) 28,916 2.42 Ueno city    (Mie) 59,484 2.35 Wards of major cities: 128 wards Population Fatalities per 10,000 population Kita-ku    (Osaka city) 86,690 1.50 Minami-ku   (Kyoto city) 91,467 1.42 Atsuta-ku    (Nagoya city) 61,739 1.30 Naniwa-ku    (Osaka city) 46,152 1.30 Higashiyama-ku    (Kyoto city) 41,756 1.20 Towns: 1,980 towns Population Fatalities per 10,000 population Hidaka-cho    (Hokkaido) 2,120 14.15 Miwa-cho    (Kyoto) 4,480 11.16 Obatake-cho    (Yamaguchi) 3,754 10.66 Sobetsu-cho    (Hokkaido) 3,267 9.18 Koda-cho    (Hirochima) 5,973 8.37 Villages: 562 villages Population Fatalities per 10,000 population Kami-mura   (Nagano) 784 25.51 Otaki-mura    (Hokkaido) 1,567 19.14 Neba-mura    (Nagano) 1,389 14.40 Azumi-mura    (Nagano) 2,233 13.43 Namiai-mura    (Nagano) 780 12.82 *Excluding major cities

Notes
1	In calculating the number of fatalities per 10,000 population, statistics on Japan's regional population as of April 1, 2002 were taken from "Zenkoku Shi-Chou-Son-Youran, Heisei-14-Year Version (Ver. 2002)" edited by the Promotion Department, Administration Bureau, Home Affairs Ministry.
2	The Hokkaido villages of Shikotan-mura, Tomari-mura (Kunashiri-gun), Ruyabetsu-mura, Rubetsu-mura, Shana-mura, and Shibetoro-mura were excluded from the aggregate figures.
3	Wards include both special wards and those in major cities.

Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (ITARDA)