Fatalities are more likely in non-first-world countries without developed infrastructure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Road_traffic_accidents_wor...

Conversely, I think it is reasonable to assume that the orange and red countries on the map can and will eventually look like Europe. Higher than 150, yes, but 3000 only if you count deaths from places like Iran.

(there's a decreasing trend here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.s._traffic_deaths_as_fra... )