 Outline
 Traffic Accidents in 2006 and Population
| |
2006 |
| Non-expressways |
Expressway |
All roads |
| Number of accidents |
873,061 |
13,803 |
886,864 |
| Fatalities |
6,090 |
262 |
6,352 |
| Injuries |
1,076,192 |
22,007 |
1,098,199 |
| Population |
127,056,631 (Including 1,606 inhabitants of Kamikuisshiki-mura, Yamanashi Prefecture)
127,055,025 |
Notes:
1. Accidents involving casualties only
2. Population is as of March 31, 2006, recorded in the Nationwide Municipality Directory, except for that of Kamikuisshiki-mura, for which the population as of March 31, 2005 is used. The second figure in the population column shows the nationwide population excluding that of Kamikuisshiki-mura.
Average Number of Traffic Accident Fatalities by Municipality on Non-Expressways
| |
Numbers of municipalities |
Fatalities |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
| Average |
Preceding year's average |
Year-on-year change |
Average |
Preceding year's average |
Year-on-year change |
| Cities and Tokyo metropolitan wards |
765(764) cities
*Note 1
+ 23 wards |
5.66 |
5.85 |
-3.2% |
0.49 |
0.50 |
-3.2% |
| Wards of government-designated major cities |
141(147) wards
*Note 1 |
4.58 |
4.66 |
-1.7% |
0.30 |
0.31 |
-3.4% |
| Towns |
842 towns |
1.04 |
1.21 |
-13.9% |
0.69 |
0.86 |
-19.9% |
| Villages |
197(196) villages
*Note 2 |
0.53 |
0.44 |
22.4% |
1.08 |
0.90 |
20.6% |
| Nationwide |
1,968 municipalities
(1,972 municipalities) |
3.09 |
2.87 |
7.6% |
0.48 |
0.52 |
-7.7% |
- The figure in parentheses in the number of municipalities (as of the end of December, 2006) is the actual figure as of that time period.
*Note 1. The discrepancy in the number of cities and wards is because the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, became a government-designated city on April 1, 2006, creating six administrative wards: Sakai Ward, Naka Ward, Higashi Ward, Nishi Ward, Kita Ward, and Mihara Ward. Since the 2006 data preceding that time (January 1 - March 31, 2006) cannot be divided into the six wards, data for Sakai was considered as one city for the entire 2006. From 2007 onward, data for each ward will be published.
*Note 2. The discrepancy in the number of villages is because Kamikuisshiki-mura, Yamanashi Prefecture, was divided into two and each was annexed to Kofu City and Fuji-Kawaguchiko City on March 1, 2006. As it was not possible to allot Kamikuisshiki's 2006 data prior to annexation, the data for the village was published as that of Kamikuisshiki for the entire year. Accordingly, the numbers of traffic accident fatalities for Kofu City and Fuji-Kawaguchiko City do not include the data of Kamikuisshiki Village.
Municipalities with Large Number of Fatalities on Non-Expressways per 10,000 Population
Cities and Tokyo metropolitan wards
(765 cities + 23 wards) |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
| Mikasa city (Hokkaido) |
12,020 |
2.50 |
| Yubari city (Hokkaido) |
13,268 |
2.26 |
| Kushima city (Miyazaki) |
22,807 |
2.19 |
| Tsukubamirai city (Ibaraki) |
41,289 |
2.18 |
| Ebino city (Miyazaki) |
24,063 |
2.08 |
* Excluding major cities
Wards of Government-designated
Major Cities (141 wards) |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
| Sakura-ku (Saitama) |
90,356 |
0.89 |
| Yahatahigashi-ku (Fukuoka) |
74,961 |
0.80 |
| Naka-ku (Aichi) |
64,551 |
0.77 |
| Kawazaki-ku (Kanagawa) |
197,918 |
0.76 |
| Iwatsuki-ku (Saitama) |
110,276 |
0.73 |
| Towns (842 towns) |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
| Sobetsu-cho (Hokkaido) |
3,106 |
9.66 |
| Kimobetsu-cho (Hokkaido) |
2,657 |
7.53 |
| Kitagawa-cho (Miyazaki) |
4,606 |
6.51 |
| Hayakawa-cho (Yamanashi) |
1,574 |
6.35 |
| Bifuka-cho (Hokkaido) |
5,498 |
5.46 |
| Villages (197 villages) |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
| Toyone-mura (Aichi) |
1,572 |
25.45 |
| Hiraya-mura (Nagano) |
576 |
17.36 |
| Higashinaruse-mura (Akita) |
3,180 |
15.72 |
| Hinoemata-mura (Fukujima) |
637 |
15.70 |
| Rusutsu-mura (Hokkaido) |
2,136 |
14.04 |
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