Road motor vehicles Per thousand inhabitants In 2006, ratios of motor vehicles to population ranged from 778 per thousand inhabitants in Portugal to 86 in Turkey. Over the periods shown in the table, ratios of vehicles to population increased in all countries except in the United States. Sharp increases of this ratio occurred in Portugal, Iceland, Greece and Poland. In 2006, road fatalities per million inhabitants ranged from over 230 per million inhabitants in Russian Federation to 49 in Sweden. Over the periods shown in the table, rates have decreased in all countries except in Iceland and in the Russian Federation with particularly sharp falls in Portugal, New Zealand and France. Road fatality rates per million inhabitants are an ambiguous indicator of road safety since the number of accidents depends to a great extent on the number of vehicles in each country. Rates per million vehicles are affected by driving
