Road Traffic Deaths Board Screensaver
The Road Traffic Deaths Board screensaver ranks countries by their real estimated road-traffic death rate per 100,000 people, from the WHO Global Health Observatory. It's free, needs an internet connection, and ESC exits.
How the Road Traffic Deaths Board screensaver works
The pipeline gathers the WHO Global Health Observatory's own road-safety indicator (RS_198, estimated deaths per 100,000 population) into a local feed.
The board ranks the 15 hardest-hit countries and eases each bar toward its real value.
Each row shows the country and its latest estimated death rate — real, unedited WHO figures.
The saver re-reads the feed hourly; the underlying WHO estimates update on the WHO's own release schedule.
A worked example
Guinea currently tops the board at around 37 estimated deaths per 100,000 people — more than ten times the rate of the safest countries. Pair it with the Alcohol Consumption Board in Multi-view for a wall of WHO public-health rankings.
Settings & tips
- Rates are estimated deaths per 100,000 population, the WHO's standard road-safety measure.
- Accent recolours the bars and header rule.
- Values and years are real, unedited WHO Global Health Observatory data.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — real estimated road-traffic death rates from the WHO Global Health Observatory's own public API, gathered by the site's pipeline.
- Is a key needed?
- No. The WHO GHO OData API is fully key-less.
- Does it work offline?
- No. It reads a data feed, so it needs an internet connection; offline it shows a short notice instead.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Why are rates estimated rather than counted?
- Many countries under-register road deaths, so the WHO publishes modelled estimates that make countries comparable — that's the honest, standard figure shown here.