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South Africa’s roads are the most dangerous in the world according to new research.

It’s no secret that South Africa’s roads are a very dangerous place to be, but a new study shows that according to a certain set of criterias the country actually has the most dangerous roads in the world.

The analysis by Zutobi factored in criteria such as the number of road deaths as well as maximum speed limits and the number of people who wear a seatbelt, to calculate a score out of 10. South Africa fared the worst here, with an overall score of just 3.23, followed by Thailand (4.35), the United States (5.09) and well as India and Argentina (both tied at 5.10).

However, if one looks at the number of traffic deaths as a percentage of the population, which ultimately determines your odds, South Africa is not the deadliest country in the world, according to estimated data published by Zutobi.

Thailand actually records the most deaths per 100 000 of the population, at 32.7, while South Africa follows in second place with 25.9 deaths. SA is followed by Malaysia (23.6), India (22.6) and China (18.2). The US, by contrast, records just 12.4 deaths per 100K.

Norway emerged as the world’s safest country in which to drive, with an overall score of 8.21. The Scandinavian nation was followed by Japan (7.89), Sweden (7.87), Estonia (7.84) and Iceland (7.81). Norway also recorded the fewest deaths per 100 000 people, at just 2.7 - which is almost 10 times less than South Africa!

One of the reasons that Japan scored so highly was because 98 percent of its drivers and passengers choose to wear a seatbelt, while its deaths per 100K are also relatively low at 4.1.

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