Robocars - Autonomous Drive, Self-driving, Driver-less cars

• Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
  
• An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
  
• More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
  
• Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.
  
• Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14.
  
• Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world's roads, on average over 1,000 a day.
  
• Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world's vehicles.
  
• Road crashes cost USD $518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP.
  
• Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries USD $65 billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance.
  
• Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.
  
  

http://asirt.org/Initiatives/Informing-Road-Users/Road-Safety-Facts/Road-Crash-Statistics