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Countries with the worst drivers in the world

August 12, 2014 08:39 IST
An unidentified artwork, showing a crashed car in the pavement.

You better be praying for life if you have to drive in certain countries, especially in popular tourist spots such as Malaysia and Thailand.

The University of Michigan recently did a study to find out the nations that have the worst road deaths. India is ranked 76, China (44), and US (97). The safest place to drive a car is Maldives, which is ranked 193.

Let’s find out countries that have the highest rate of road accidents.

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Cars drive out of an underpass in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia

Rank: 20

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 28

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Blood stains are seen on the ground near a damaged car.

Yemen

Rank: 19

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 28

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Spanish priest Antonio Rodriguez (L) walks into the Central Bureau of Investigation with a police investigator in San Salvador.

El Salvador

Rank: 18

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 29

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Malaysia

Rank: 17

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30

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Supporters of the opposition MDM party wave placards while travelling in a vehicle in the capital Maputo.

Mozambique

Rank: 16

Fatality rates per 100,000 population from leading causes of death:

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Lesotho

Rank: 15

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30

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Djibouti

Rank: 14

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30

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A man rides a buggy in the main square in San Pedro.

Belize

Rank: 13

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 31

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Cars drive past a branch of Golomt Bank in Ulan Bator.

Mongolia

Rank: 12

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 31

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Central African Republic

Rank: 11

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32

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Iraq

Rank: 10

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32

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An immigrant child from Haiti cleans the windshield of a car before asking for money on the streets of Santo Domingo.

Dominican Republic

Rank: 9

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32

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Malawi

Rank: 8

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32

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Congolese children sit on a back of a car in Kinshasa.

Congo

Rank: 7

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 34

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People surround a destroyed car in the slum of Petar.

Venezuela

Rank: 6

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 35

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A group of young girls return, after cutting reeds, to their camp at Ludzidzini.

Swaziland

Rank: 5

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 36

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A contestant prepares to participate in the first youth driving skills competition at the Autocross Sudan events in Khartoum.

Sudan

Rank: 4

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 36

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Police stand near damaged cars.

Iran

Rank: 3

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 38

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Cars are seen stuck in a traffic jam at Rama 9 road in Bangkok.

Thailand

Rank: 2

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 44

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Namibia

Rank: 1

Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 45

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