Outline
Traffic Accidents in 2007 and Population
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2007 |
Non-expressways |
Expressway |
All roads |
Number of accidents |
819,780 |
12,674 |
832,454 |
Fatalities |
5,500 |
244 |
5,744 |
Injuries |
1,013,440 |
21,005 |
1,034,445 |
Population |
127,053,471 |
Notes:
1. Accidents involving casualties only
2. Population is as of March 31, 2007, recorded in the Nationwide Municipality Directory.
Fatalities in 2007 in Government-Designated Cities
Government-Designated Cities |
Population(in 10 thousand) |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Fatalities |
Number of Administrative Wards |
Yokohama |
356.3 |
0.22 |
78 |
18 |
Osaka |
251.0 |
0.29 |
73 |
24 |
Nagoya |
215.4 |
0.33 |
72 |
16 |
Sapporo |
187.4 |
0.26 |
49 |
10 |
Kobe |
150.3 |
0.25 |
37 |
9 |
Kyoto |
139.0 |
0.27 |
37 |
11 |
Fukuoka |
136.4 |
0.22 |
30 |
7 |
Kawasaki |
131.6 |
0.22 |
29 |
7 |
Saitama |
117.9 |
0.17 |
20 |
10 |
Hiroshima |
114.5 |
0.29 |
33 |
8 |
Sendai |
100.1 |
0.23 |
23 |
5 |
Kitakyushu |
98.7 |
0.36 |
36 |
7 |
Chiba |
91.0 |
0.30 |
27 |
6 |
Sakai |
83.2 |
0.30 |
25 |
7 |
shizuoka |
71.2 |
0.29 |
21 |
3 |
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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 |
768(766) cities *Note 1 + 23 wards |
5.05 |
5.66 |
-10.9% |
0.44 |
0.49 |
-10.0% |
Wards of government-designated major cities |
148(163) wards *Note 1 |
3.99 |
4.58 |
-13.0% |
0.26 |
0.30 |
-12.4% |
Towns |
820 towns |
1.01 |
1.04 |
-2.7% |
0.67 |
0.69 |
-2.2% |
Villages |
195 villages *Note 2 |
0.44 |
0.53 |
-17.3% |
0.90 |
1.08 |
-16.6% |
Nationwide |
1,954 municipalities
(1,967 municipalities) |
2.81 |
3.09 |
-9.0% |
0.43 |
0.48 |
-9.7% |
- The figure in parentheses in the number of municipalities (as of the end of December, 2007) 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 Niigata,
Niigata Prefecture, became a government-designated city on April 1, 2007, creating eight administrative wards: Kita Ward, Higashi Ward, Chuo Ward, Konan Ward, Akiha Ward, Minami Ward, Nishi Ward and Nishikan Ward. Since the 2007 data preceding that time (January 1 - March 31, 2007) cannot be divided into the eight wards, data for Niigata was considered as one city for the entire 2007. From 2007 onward, data for each ward will be published.
Hamamatsu City likewise became a government-designated city on April 1, 2007, creating seven administrative wards: Naka Ward, Higashi Ward, Nishi Ward, Minami Ward, Kita Ward, Hamakita Ward, and Tenryu Ward.
Since the 2007 data preceding that time (January 1 - March 31, 2007) cannot be divided into the seven wards, data for Hamamatsu was considered as one city for the entire 2007. From 2007 onward, data for each ward will be published.
Municipalities with Large Number of Fatalities on Non-Expressways per 10,000 Population
Cities and Tokyo metropolitan wards (768 cities + 23 wards) |
Fatalities |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Maibara city (Shiga) |
12 |
41,420 |
2.90 |
Muroto city (Kochi) |
4 |
18,086 |
2.21 |
Sasayama city (Hyogo) |
10 |
45,995 |
2.17 |
Akitakata city (Hiroshima) |
7 |
33,251 |
2.11 |
Ozu city (Ehime) |
10 |
51,020 |
1.96 |
* Excluding major cities
Wards of Government-designated Major Cities (148 wards) |
Fatalities |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Atsuta Ward (Aichi) |
9 |
62,211 |
1.45 |
Mihara Ward (Osaka) |
4 |
39,118 |
1.02 |
Nishinari Ward (Osaka) |
9 |
112,876 |
0.80 |
Nishi Ward (Kanagawa) |
6 |
84,421 |
0.71 |
Shimogyo Ward   (Kyoto) |
5 |
71,911 |
0.70 |
Towns (820 towns) |
Fatalities |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Oshamanbe-cho (Hokkaido) |
7 |
6,640 |
10.54 |
Toyokoro-cho (Hokkaido) |
3 |
3,822 |
7.85 |
Kawamoto-cho (Shimane) |
3 |
4,110 |
7.30 |
Shibecha-cho (Hokkaido) |
6 |
8,801 |
6.82 |
Tano-cho (Kochi) |
2 |
3,247 |
6.16 |
Villages (195 villages) |
Fatalities |
Population |
Fatalities per 10,000 population |
Kamikitayama-mura (Nara) |
1 |
757 |
13.21 |
Sarufutsu-mura (Hokkaido) |
3 |
2,899 |
10.35 |
Higashi-son (Okinawa) |
2 |
2,029 |
9.86 |
Ogawa-mura (Nagano) |
3 |
3,303 |
9.08 |
Kiyokawa-mura (Kanagawa) |
3 |
3,319 |
9.04 |
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