Summary
2004 traffic accidents and population
|
2004 |
Public roads |
Expressways |
All roads |
Accidents |
938,394 |
13,797 |
952,191 |
Deaths |
7,029 |
329 |
7,358 |
Injured |
1,161,001 |
22,119 |
1,183,120 |
Population |
126,824,166 |
NOTE 1: "Accidents" resulting in deaths and/or injuries. NOTE 2: The population is determined from directories of cities, towns, and villages throughout the country and is current as of March 31, 2004.
Average
fatalities on public roads by city, ward, town, and village
|
Numbers of municipalities |
Fatalities |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Average |
Previous year's average |
Previous year comparison |
Average |
Previous year's average |
Previous year comparison |
Cities excluding
major cities /
Tokyo wards |
669/23 |
5.79 |
6.08 |
-4.7% |
0.51 |
0.52 |
-1.8% |
Wards of major cities |
137 |
4.90 |
5.33 |
-8.1% |
0.33 |
0.35 |
-7.0% |
Towns |
1,734 |
1.11 |
1.12 |
-1.3% |
0.87 |
0.91 |
-4.0% |
Villages |
481 |
0.53 |
0.52 |
-0.8% |
1.20 |
1.22 |
-1.6% |
Nationwide |
3,074 |
2.29 |
2.22 |
-3.1% |
0.55 |
0.58
|
-4.4% |
Cities, wards, towns, and villages with the highest fatalities per 10,000 population
Cities excluding major cities / Tokyo wards |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Fukagawaï¿?@city (Hokkaido) |
26,045 |
3.46 |
Yaita city (Tochigi) |
36,452 |
2.74 |
Yabu city (Hyogo) |
29,860 |
2.68 |
Sasayama city (Hyogo) |
46,941 |
2.56 |
Omaezaki city (Shizuoka) |
35,305 |
2.55 |
* Excluding major cities
Wards decreed by ordinance: 137 wards |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Atsuta-ku (Aichi) |
61,735 |
1.30 |
Naniwa-ku (Osaka) |
46,751 |
1.07 |
Minami-ku (Kyoto) |
91,152 |
0.88 |
Minato-ku (Aichi) |
147,552 |
0.81 |
Wakamatsu-ku (Fukuoka) |
89,486 |
0.78 |
Kita-ku (Osaka) |
89,934 |
0.78 |
Towns: 1,734 towns |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Hidaka-cho (Hokkaido) |
2,096 |
23.85 |
Kimobetsu-cho (Hokkaido) |
2,753 |
21.79 |
Aibetsu-cho (Hokkaido) |
3,916 |
12.77 |
Hatto-cho (Tottori) |
5,489 |
9.11 |
Takano-cho (Hiroshima) |
2,485 |
8.05 |
Villages: 481 villages |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Oto-mura (Nara) |
1,224 |
24.51 |
Mitsuse-mura (Saga) |
1,654 |
18.14 |
Kitayama-mura (Wakayama) |
567 |
17.64 |
Narusawa-mura (Yamanashi) |
3,087 |
16.20 |
Namiai-mura (Nagano) |
746 |
13.40 |
Izumi-mura (Fukui) |
753 |
13.28 |
*Excluding major cities
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