Indexed annual series
Registered vehicles, road accidents, casualties and fatalities on the island of Mauritius, indexed to a base year you choose, to compare their trends.
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Vehicles, accidents, casualties and fatalities indexed to 2020 = 100, Island of Mauritius, 1980–2025
Unit: index (2020 = 100)
| Year | Vehicles registered | Road traffic accidents | Casualties | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 73.8 | not available |
| 1981 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 112.4 | not available |
| 1982 | 12 | 16.6 | 87.8 | not available |
| 1983 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 90.3 | not available |
| 1984 | 12.4 | 16.4 | 83.1 | not available |
| 1985 | 12.6 | 17.6 | 95.8 | not available |
| 1986 | 13 | 19.9 | 101.1 | not available |
| 1987 | 14.3 | 24.7 | 117.6 | not available |
| 1988 | 16 | 28.9 | 107.2 | not available |
| 1989 | 17.9 | 31.8 | 112.1 | not available |
| 1990 | 20.6 | 36.1 | 127.6 | not available |
| 1991 | 23.4 | 47 | 143.6 | not available |
| 1992 | 25.9 | 50.2 | 156.9 | not available |
| 1993 | 28 | 51.2 | 148.5 | not available |
| 1994 | 30.1 | 55 | 140.9 | not available |
| 1995 | 31.8 | 51.3 | 128 | not available |
| 1996 | 33.4 | 51.9 | 134.7 | not available |
| 1997 | 35.2 | 55.8 | 134 | not available |
| 1998 | 37.1 | 63.1 | 136.6 | not available |
| 1999 | 38.9 | 62.5 | 121.5 | not available |
| 2000 | 40.7 | 63.9 | 117.5 | not available |
| 2001 | 42.5 | 64.7 | 116.5 | not available |
| 2002 | 44.3 | 63 | 103.6 | 120.6 |
| 2003 | 46.1 | 67 | 96.3 | 100 |
| 2004 | 48.6 | 68.1 | 105.3 | 109.9 |
| 2005 | 50.9 | 78.8 | 98.5 | 103.8 |
| 2006 | 53.2 | 70.7 | 90 | 102.3 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 71.7 | 109 | 106.9 |
| 2008 | 58.6 | 73 | 122.6 | 128.2 |
| 2009 | 61.1 | 68.3 | 130.7 | 106.9 |
| 2010 | 64 | 74.2 | 129.9 | 120.6 |
| 2011 | 66.8 | 78.2 | 122.1 | 116 |
| 2012 | 70.3 | 73.6 | 130.4 | 119.1 |
| 2013 | 73.9 | 82.4 | 128.8 | 103.8 |
| 2014 | 77.5 | 92.3 | 128.2 | 104.6 |
| 2015 | 81 | 99.5 | 132.8 | 106.1 |
| 2016 | 84.6 | 102.3 | 137.8 | 109.9 |
| 2017 | 88.6 | 103.6 | 150.2 | 119.8 |
| 2018 | 92.7 | 101.6 | 132.7 | 109.2 |
| 2019 | 96.8 | 103.6 (revised) | 127 (revised) | 109.9 (revised) |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 (revised) | 100 (revised) | 100 (revised) |
| 2021 | 103.8 | 100.2 (revised) | 84.6 (revised) | 82.4 (revised) |
| 2022 | 108 | 124.1 | 116.1 | 82.4 |
| 2023 | 112.7 | 127.2 | 117.3 | 105.3 |
| 2024 | 118.4 | 138 (revised) | 108.1 (revised) | 102.3 (revised) |
| 2025 | 124.5 | 140.6 (provisional) | 110.9 (provisional) | 94.7 (provisional) |
On the island of Mauritius, with 2020 = 100: vehicles registered at 124.5 in 2025, road traffic accidents at 140.6 in 2025 (provisional), casualties at 110.9 in 2025 (provisional), fatalities at 94.7 in 2025 (provisional).
Publication status Revised: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024. Later releases may revise these figures.
Publication status Provisional: 2025. Later releases may revise these figures.
- Index = value ÷ value in the base year × 100, computed by the API for each series; a year without a published value stays a gap.
- The API refuses indices across an indicator's definition change. An unavailable index is not zero; its explanation and inputs remain available in Understand this figure.
- Road traffic accidents include non-injury accidents and should not be read as an injury or fatality measure.
- Discrepancy 2013The vehicle types printed for 2013 add up to 443,455, 40 below the printed total of 443,495, in the historical series as in the portal copy.
- Discrepancy 2024Vehicles registered 2024 by type differ between the portal copy (car 327,989, dual purpose 49,652, double cab pickup 12,216) and the historical series (335,398, 47,620, 14,248); the totals agree (710,605).
- 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.
- Coverage 2022Road-user class requires context: Digest 2022-2024 Table 30 prints driver casualties of 1048, 942 and 585, and passenger casualties of 631, 631 and 866. The served 2022 driver value is 1053 from another publication. The reason for the pattern is not established; do not interpret it as a confirmed behavioural change. Published observations are retained.
- Discrepancy 20222022 casualties are 3,252 in the historical series and the January–June 2026 release (534 seriously and 2,610 slightly injured), but 3,262 in the Year 2024 and Year 2025 releases, digest 2022-24 Tables 30 and 31 and the portal copy (546 and 2,608). The injuries by class of road user are served from Table 31, so they add up to 546 and 2,608, not to the served totals.
- Definition change 2002Fatal accident and fatality: death within 30 days of the accident. Before 2002 the limit was 7 days.
Notes on this data (2)
- Revision 2024Taxi cars registered at the end of 2024 and 2025 were revised to 6,966 and 6,523 in the January–June 2026 release (Table 1.2, marked revised), as the historical series prints; the Year 2024 and Year 2025 releases printed 7,409 and 7,927.
- 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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100 = the value of 2020. Registered vehicles are a stock at the end of the year; accidents, casualties and fatalities are counts over the year.