Annual Road Crash Trends (1981-2016)

Road Crash and Claims

The table below provides simple analysis of Annual Road Crash Trends in Botswana from 1981 to 2012. During this period, fatalities per 100000 population rose from 9.9 to 20.2. The road toll for 2012 was 404, which is less than the previous year (483).

Year	Crashes	Casualty	Fatalities	Claims Lodged	Reg. Vehicle	Est. Pop	Crash/ 1000 Veh	Casul/ 1000 Veh	Fat/10000 Veh	Fat/ 100000 Pop	Claims/ 1000 Veh
1981	1715	940	93		34698	941027	49.4	27.1	26.8	9.9
1982	2648	1614	130		38451	975625	68.9	42	33.8	13.3
1983	2205	1251	176		42479	1011388	51.9	29.4	41.4	17.4
1984	3300	1799	168		47192	1048245	69.9	38.1	35.6	16
1985	3521	2369	198		51678	1086139	68.1	45.8	38.3	18.2
1986	4983	1448	182		55604	1125008	89.6	26	32.7	16.2
1987	4515	1746	191	84	57705	1164893	78.2	30.3	33.1	16.4	1.5
1988	5741	2923	262	132	64301	1205834	89.3	45.5	40.7	21.7	2.1
1989	6299	4136	295	232	70030	1247771	89.9	59.1	42.1	23.6	3.3
1990	7614	4845	314	316	80953	1290642	94.1	59.8	38.8	24.3	3.9
1991	8381	4871	349	324	83048	1326796	100.9	58.7	42	26.3	3.9
1992	9017	4909	368	486	90405	1378993	99.7	54.3	40.7	26.7	5.4
1993	9161	5136	379	563	94440	1424502	97	54.4	40.1	26.6	6
1994	9420	5171	352	822	108048	1458690	87.2	47.9	32.6	24.1	7.6
1995	9536	5247	410	888	117733	1493699	81	44.6	34.8	27.4	7.5
1996	10338	5457	338	962	128292	1529548	80.6	42.5	26.3	22.1	7.5
1997	11882	5956	411	1490	133691	1546725	88.9	44.6	30.7	26.6	11.1
1998	14279	6887	453	1760	139839	1598610	102.1	49.2	32.4	28.3	12.6
1999	16922	8049	494	2144	149639	1603847	113.1	53.8	33	30.8	14.3
2000	16313	7790	529	2303	154000	1642339	105.9	50.6	34.4	32.2	15
2001	17125	7945	526	2510	166405	1622129	102.9	47.7	31.6	32.4	15.1
2002	18610	8014	520	2524	186865	1649659	99.6	42.9	27.8	31.5	13.5
2003	18329	7969	557	2649	204228	1973184	89.7	39	27.3	28.2	13
2004	18136	7840	532	2691	225182	1692731	80.5	34.8	23.6	31.4	12
2005	17522	7069	450	2611	246681	1708327	71	28.7	18.2	26.3	10.6
2006	17035	6952	429	2574	267117	1719996	63.8	26	16.1	24.9	9.6
2007	19487	7639	497	3082	293755	1736396	66.3	26	16.9	28.6	10.5
2008	20415	8160	455	2945	329270	1755246	62	24.8	13.8	25.9	8.9
2009	20000	7970	475	3217	359223	1776494	55.7	22.2	13.2	26.7	9
2010	18978	6430	397	2025	394401	1800098	48.1	16.3	10.1	22.1	5.1
2011	18001	6436	483	2356	430594	2024904	41.8	14.9	11.2	23.9	5.5
2012	17527	6035	404	2132	473530	2066406	37	12.7	8.5	19.6	4.5
2013	17062	6157	411	2078	515270	2107484	33.1	11.9	8	19.5	4
2014	16641	6065	377	2109	556737	2147906	29.9	10.9	6.8	17.6	3.8
2015	17654	6303	411	2583	602822	2187477	29.3	10.5	6.8	18.8	4.3
2016	18373	6687	450	3019	653274	2226040	28.1	10.2	6.9	20.2	4.6