Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in other rich countries

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rstuart4133•about 2 hours ago

In related news "Big US‑style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia":

https://theconversation.com/big-us-style-trucks-are-killing-...

aanet•about 4 hours ago

While this may be true (that US road accident deaths have fallen more slowly compared to other rich countries), a true(r) apples-apples comparison is road fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles-travelled (VMT).

That chart does not show this data. Would be useful to chart it and see the progress (or regress) over the last, say, 40-50 years.

Posit: US vehicle sizes have dramatically increased over the last 20-30 years, which has resulted in more pedestrian (and non-driver/passenger) deaths.

alphabetatango•about 3 hours ago

This is from the article: > There’s also a connection with how much Americans use their cars. In the US, people drive much more. However, that doesn’t fully explain the gap — US roads are also significantly more dangerous than those in Germany per kilometer traveled (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/road-accident-deaths-per-...)

frollogaston•about 3 hours ago

Need to normalize by APC instead (Altimas per capita)

11101010010001•about 3 hours ago

add time to the dimension and we'll find out what we already knew ... momentum kills.

Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in other rich countries

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