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Countries with the worst drivers in the world

August 12, 2014 08:39 IST

Image: An unidentified artwork, showing a crashed car in the pavement.
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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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Image: Cars drive out of an underpass in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia

Rank: 20

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

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Ethiopia

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

Rank: 19

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

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Yemen

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

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

Rank: 16

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

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Mozambique

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Lesotho

Rank: 15

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

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Lesotho

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Djibouti

Rank: 14

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

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Djibouti

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

Rank: 13

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

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Belize

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

Rank: 12

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

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Mongolia

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Central African Republic

Rank: 11

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

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Central African Republic

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Iraq

Rank: 10

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

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Iraq

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

Rank: 9

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

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Dominican Republic

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Malawi

Rank: 8

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

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Malawi

Image: Congolese children sit on a back of a car in Kinshasa.
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Congo

Rank: 7

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

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Congo

Image: People surround a destroyed car in the slum of Petar.
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Venezuela

Rank: 6

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

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Venezuela

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Swaziland

Rank: 5

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

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Swaziland

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

Rank: 4

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

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