Statement:
The chance to die in a road accident is lower in Sweden than in Japan

In the Road traffic death rate rating Sweden holds position #169 2019 out of 181 and Japan is #167 out of 181 2019.
Position of Sweden is better than position of Japan.

Referencies:

  1. Road traffic death rate 2019 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Deaths per 100 000 population' in descending order.
    Japan 'Deaths per 100 000 population' value is 3.60
    Sweden 'Deaths per 100 000 population' value is 3.14