The deaths due to road traffic crashes (RTCs) represent the 8th cause of death in Iraq in 2017 and the 7th cause in 2019. The present work aims to investigate the Iraqi RTCs reports during the years (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019) to evaluate the road safety status and its relationship with the government commitment to reducing fatalities by the year 2020. The research also presents a quantitative analysis to study the ratios and rates concerning the severity indicators of the crashes and comparing them with some other countries. The results showed that in 2019, each of the crashes, mortalities, and morbidities increased by 21%, 5%, and 30% respectively compared with 2010 and so the governmental commitment appears far-fetched. On the other hand, most of the severity indicators revealed mitigation in the burden of population and motorization during the studied period. The authors concluded that the security situation had a strong impact on road safety and the year 2012 (which came between two waves of terrorist actions) witnessed peak values of crashes, mortalities, and morbidities. Compared with the population and vehicles, the Gross Domestic Product per Capita showed the highest Pearson Correlation Coefficients with each of the crashes, mortalities, and morbidities. Enhancing the road safety system in Iraq is urgently recommended to reduce the numbers of RTCs' casualties in line with the global trend where many countries had reduced the fatalities and now, they are working toward ((Vision Zero)) projects.
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