Road traffic accidents by severity
Road traffic accidents on the island of Mauritius each year by severity, as published: fatal, serious, slight and non-injury accidents.
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Road traffic accidents by severity, Island of Mauritius, 1983–2025
Unit: accidents
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Non-injury |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 98 | 247 | 1,465 | 2,637 |
| 1984 | 81 | 208 | 1,483 | 2,909 |
| 1985 | 89 | 206 | 1,652 | 3,088 |
| 1986 | 101 | 170 | 1,751 | 3,685 |
| 1987 | 109 | 202 | 1,889 | 4,859 |
| 1988 | 118 | 202 | 1,918 | 6,021 |
| 1989 | 116 | 197 | 2,006 | 6,766 |
| 1990 | 130 | 235 | 2,167 | 7,784 |
| 1991 | 160 | 207 | 2,655 | 10,417 |
| 1992 | 110 | 276 | 2,828 | 11,157 |
| 1993 | 130 | 226 | 2,819 | 11,477 |
| 1994 | 142 | 263 | 2,647 | 12,675 |
| 1995 | 141 | 198 | 2,515 | 11,829 |
| 1996 | 138 | 176 | 2,469 | 12,062 |
| 1997 | 132 | 184 | 2,563 | 13,075 |
| 1998 | 152 | 229 | 2,557 | 15,117 |
| 1999 | 154 | 196 | 2,241 | 15,286 |
| 2000 | 148 | 191 | 2,081 | 15,858 |
| 2001 | 112 | 218 | 2,147 | 16,040 |
| 2002 | 144 | 162 | 1,852 | 15,864 |
| 2003 | 121 | 211 | 1,729 | 17,117 |
| 2004 | 131 | 184 | 1,845 | 17,335 |
| 2005 | 116 | 295 | 1,733 | 20,410 |
| 2006 | 122 | 296 | 1,529 | 18,295 |
| 2007 | 133 | 403 | 1,654 | 18,329 |
| 2008 | 162 | 380 | 1,681 | 18,650 |
| 2009 | 129 | 405 | 1,946 | 17,062 |
| 2010 | 151 | 487 | 1,911 | 18,694 |
| 2011 | 132 | 407 | 1,865 | 19,983 |
| 2012 | 144 | 455 | 1,991 | 18,466 |
| 2013 | 119 | 389 | 2,070 | 20,985 |
| 2014 | 125 | 425 | 2,043 | 23,807 |
| 2015 | 127 | 468 | 2,148 | 25,733 |
| 2016 | 132 | 423 | 2,234 | 26,488 |
| 2017 | 152 | 468 | 2,421 | 26,586 |
| 2018 | 132 | 487 | 2,067 | 26,389 |
| 2019 | 130 (revised) | 498 (revised) | 2,111 (revised) | 26,905 (revised) |
| 2020 | 119 (revised) | 438 (revised) | 1,529 (revised) | 26,525 (revised) |
| 2021 | 104 (revised) | 360 (revised) | 1,374 (revised) | 26,822 (revised) |
| 2022 | 99 | 400 | 1,780 | 33,234 |
| 2023 | 130 | 485 | 1,870 | 33,915 |
| 2024 | 125 (revised) | 291 (revised) | 1,890 (revised) | 37,179 (revised) |
| 2025 | 116 (provisional) | 300 (provisional) | 1,954 (provisional) | 37,850 (provisional) |
Road traffic accidents on the island of Mauritius: in 2025 (provisional), the highest value was 'Non-injury', with 37,850.
Publication status Revised: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024. Later releases may revise these figures.
Publication status Provisional: 2025. Later releases may revise these figures.
- Coverage 2002Fatal accidents (severity breakdown): a fatal accident is one with a death within 30 days of the accident from 2002; before 2002 the limit was 7 days. The total number of accidents is unaffected.
- Coverage 2004As from August 2004 most non-injury road traffic accidents are reported only to insurance companies, not to the police; no breakdown of non-injury accidents by age group or sex exists.
- Discrepancy 2012Fatal accidents 2012 are 144 in the historical series (2026) but 114 in the 2018-19 digest (Table 19) and in the portal copy.
- Coverage 2013The portal copies of the circumstance tables leave cells blank where the source prints '-' (nil); blanks are stored as not available.
- Discrepancy 2022Road traffic accidents 2022 are 35,513 in the historical series and digest 2022-24 Table 18, but 35,509 in digest Table 12, the Year 2024 and Year 2025 releases and the portal copy. For accidents causing casualties, the served historical-series total is 2,279, while the 2022-2024 digest Table 13 and the weather-by-severity rows give 2,275. These publications are not a single reconciled partition.
- Discrepancy 2022Serious and slight injury accidents 2022 are 400 and 1,780 in digest 2022-24 Table 18 and in the historical series, but 440 and 1,736 in the digest's Tables 20, 21, 22 and 24.
- Discrepancy 2023Fatal accidents 2023 are 150 in digest 2022-24 Table 18 but 130 in its Table 20, in the historical series and in the Year 2024 release.
- Definition change 2013Serious injury redefined from January 2013: admitted to hospital as an in-patient for more than 24 hours. Before: detained as an in-patient, or fractures, concussions, internal injuries, severe cuts and lacerations, crushings, severe general shock requiring medical treatment.
Notes on this data (1)
- Revision 2019Serious and slight injury accidents 2019 were revised in the historical series to 498 and 2,111 (491 and 2,118 in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 digests and the portal copy).
Publication details
Statistics Mauritius
Historical Series - Road Transport and Road Traffic Accident Statistics (Island of Mauritius), 1980 to 2025
Tables 1-4
Published 16 September 2026 · Retrieved 17 September 2026
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