Editing Transport in Japan (section)

===Road safety===
{{Main|List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year}}
{{See also|National highways of Japan|Japan Highway Public Corporation|Expressways of Japan|List of bus operating companies in Japan}}

Road fatalities have decreased in Japan, due in part to stricter enforcement of [[drunk driving]] laws:
*2004 saw 7,358 deaths on Japanese roads,
*2017 had 3,694 deaths for 125 million population,<ref>https://www.japanallover.com/2019/01/traffic-accidents-road-safety-japan/ {{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref>
*2019 saw 3,215 deaths, the lowest it has been since 1948, with a rate of 25.4 deaths per million<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00368/annual-traffic-fatalities-in-japan-reach-record-low.html|title = Annual Traffic Fatalities in Japan Reach Record Low|date = 15 January 2020|access-date = 15 August 2020|archive-date = 4 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210104083445/https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00368/annual-traffic-fatalities-in-japan-reach-record-low.html|url-status = live}}</ref> lower than many European nations, and close to the UK's rates.

In [[Tokyo]], road safety is 13 killed per million.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/one-of-the-worlds-biggest-cities-has-figured-how-to-virtually-eliminate-traffic-deaths-2015-7?IR=T|title = Here's how Tokyo — the largest city in the world — brilliantly eliminated traffic deaths|website = [[Business Insider]]|access-date = 15 August 2020|archive-date = 16 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201116012833/https://www.businessinsider.com/one-of-the-worlds-biggest-cities-has-figured-how-to-virtually-eliminate-traffic-deaths-2015-7?IR=T|url-status = live}}</ref>