Trend summary
- Roads cause almost all transport deaths: 37,150 in 2024, up 6.5%, and motorcyclists are about 42% of them.
- On the water, crowded passenger boats on Amazon rivers and coastal bays are the main danger; health data counted 1,289 boating deaths in the ten years to 2017.
- Air accidents are mostly small planes and helicopters, but 175 in 2024 was a ten-year high, and the Voepass crash at Vinhedo killed 62.
Deaths risingRoad
37,150 road deaths in 2024, the fifth rise in a row; motorcyclists are about 42%.
Sinkings persistMaritime
1,289 boating deaths in ten years to 2017, 55% of them in the Amazon North
Accidents risingAviation
175 civil aviation accidents in 2024, a ten-year high, mostly small planes and helicopters.
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