In 2019, a total of 6,892 people died in Colombia due to road traffic accidents. Of which more than 3.6 thousand fatalities registered in the country were motorcycle traffic accidents. An additional 578 people died due to automobile road traffic accidents in the South American country during that year. Still, most of the violent deaths in Colombia throughout 2019 consisted of homicides.
Number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Colombia in 2019, by vehicle type
* Includes cars, campers and vans.
** Includes tractor trucks, trucks, pick-up trucks and dump trucks. Figures have been calculated by Statista based on the source's data.
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Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. (September 3, 2020). Number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Colombia in 2019, by vehicle type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/916374/number-road-traffic-fatalities-colombia-vehicle-type/
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. "Number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Colombia in 2019, by vehicle type." Chart. September 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916374/number-road-traffic-fatalities-colombia-vehicle-type/
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. (2020). Number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Colombia in 2019, by vehicle type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916374/number-road-traffic-fatalities-colombia-vehicle-type/
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. "Number of Fatalities in Road Traffic Accidents in Colombia in 2019, by Vehicle Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916374/number-road-traffic-fatalities-colombia-vehicle-type/
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Colombia in 2019, by vehicle type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916374/number-road-traffic-fatalities-colombia-vehicle-type/ (last visited August 13, 2022)