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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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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Cars drive out of an underpass in Addis Ababa.Photographs: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Ethiopia
Rank: 20
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 28
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Blood stains are seen on the ground near a damaged car.Photographs: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters
Yemen
Rank: 19
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 28
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Spanish priest Antonio Rodriguez (L) walks into the Central Bureau of Investigation with a police investigator in San Salvador.Photographs: Jessica Orellana/Reuters
El Salvador
Rank: 18
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 29
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Malaysia
Rank: 17
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Supporters of the opposition MDM party wave placards while travelling in a vehicle in the capital Maputo.Photographs: Grant Lee Neuenbur/Reuters
Mozambique
Rank: 16
Fatality rates per 100,000 population from leading causes of death:
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Lesotho
Rank: 15
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Djibouti
Rank: 14
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 30
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: A man rides a buggy in the main square in San Pedro.Photographs: Henry Romero
Belize
Rank: 13
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 31
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Cars drive past a branch of Golomt Bank in Ulan Bator.Photographs: Mareike Guensche/Reuters
Mongolia
Rank: 12
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 31
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Central African Republic
Rank: 11
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Iraq
Rank: 10
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: An immigrant child from Haiti cleans the windshield of a car before asking for money on the streets of Santo Domingo.Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Dominican Republic
Rank: 9
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Malawi
Rank: 8
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 32
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Congolese children sit on a back of a car in Kinshasa.Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Congo
Rank: 7
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 34
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: People surround a destroyed car in the slum of Petar.Photographs: Edwin Montilva/Reuters
Venezuela
Rank: 6
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 35
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: A group of young girls return, after cutting reeds, to their camp at Ludzidzini.Photographs: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Swaziland
Rank: 5
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 36
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: A contestant prepares to participate in the first youth driving skills competition at the Autocross Sudan events in Khartoum.Photographs: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
Sudan
Rank: 4
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 36
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Police stand near damaged cars.Photographs: Sharif Karim/Reuters
Iran
Rank: 3
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 38
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
Image: Cars are seen stuck in a traffic jam at Rama 9 road in Bangkok.Photographs: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Thailand
Rank: 2
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 44
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Countries with the worst drivers in the world
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Namibia
Rank: 1
Fatality rate per 100,000 population from road crashes: 45
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