Yep, roads are bonkers here and in loads of other places as well, plenty of reasons why too.
I'm not surprised about your road death statistics and I think there's probably countries that are even worse. I'm not sure how it works out per capita but I know that a lot of it is avoidable.
Too many trucks and taxi's on our roads, had railways remained it might have been a totally different story here. Powers that have been for past 30 years, no logical nor strategic thinking except a quick buck to enrich themselves.