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Does your source account for number of miles driven per capita?

geocar 10y ago
In road fatalities per bn-vehicle-km[1], UK is second, while US is 17th. [1]: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/road-safety-annual-report-2015_irtad-2015-en http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/road-safety-annual-re... We get road fatalities per person and per vehicle from[2] [2]: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/GSRRS2015_data/en/ http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_st... If we take them together: i name p÷v *v/km ------------------------------------ 1 Israel 0.371134 1.96701 2 United Kingdom 0.5686275 2.047059 3 Sweden 0.5957447 2.085106 4 Denmark 0.5223881 2.089552 5 Ireland 0.5394737 2.103947 6 Netherlands 0.5666667 2.55 7 Switzerland 0.7021277 3.019149 8 Germany 0.6323529 3.098529 9 Norway 0.7307692 3.215385 10 Iceland 0.7540984 3.544262 11 Australia 0.739726 3.846575 12 France 0.6710526 3.892105 13 Canada 0.6315789 3.915789 14 Austria 0.7605634 4.411268 15 Belgium 0.6261682 4.571028 16 New Zealand 0.7142857 4.785714 17 Slovenia 0.6736842 5.12 18 Finland 1.090909 5.236364 19 Spain 0.6981132 5.445283 20 Japan 0.7230769 5.784615 21 United States 0.8217054 5.834109 22 South Korea 0.4482759 8.158621 23 Czech Republic 0.7176471 9.975294 24 Malaysia 0.8026756 10.11371 25 Brazil 0.4652087 26.00517
- tim333 10y ago
  As a Brit, though it would be nice to think we drive better, I think most of the effect is down to road engineering. Roundabouts have lower fatalities than traffic lights for example.
  - geocar 10y ago
    That's because you have that British self-deprecation thing. However, because I'm not British, I have no problem saying this: You guys know how to drive, but if it makes you feel better, the Swedes are better.

In road fatalities per bn-vehicle-km[1], UK is second, while US is 17th. [1]: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/road-safety-annual-report-2015_irtad-2015-en http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/transport/road-safety-annual-re... We get road fatalities per person and per vehicle from[2] [2]: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/GSRRS2015_data/en/ http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_st... If we take them together: i name p÷v *v/km ------------------------------------ 1 Israel 0.371134 1.96701 2 United Kingdom 0.5686275 2.047059 3 Sweden 0.5957447 2.085106 4 Denmark 0.5223881 2.089552 5 Ireland 0.5394737 2.103947 6 Netherlands 0.5666667 2.55 7 Switzerland 0.7021277 3.019149 8 Germany 0.6323529 3.098529 9 Norway 0.7307692 3.215385 10 Iceland 0.7540984 3.544262 11 Australia 0.739726 3.846575 12 France 0.6710526 3.892105 13 Canada 0.6315789 3.915789 14 Austria 0.7605634 4.411268 15 Belgium 0.6261682 4.571028 16 New Zealand 0.7142857 4.785714 17 Slovenia 0.6736842 5.12 18 Finland 1.090909 5.236364 19 Spain 0.6981132 5.445283 20 Japan 0.7230769 5.784615 21 United States 0.8217054 5.834109 22 South Korea 0.4482759 8.158621 23 Czech Republic 0.7176471 9.975294 24 Malaysia 0.8026756 10.11371 25 Brazil 0.4652087 26.00517

tim333 10y ago
As a Brit, though it would be nice to think we drive better, I think most of the effect is down to road engineering. Roundabouts have lower fatalities than traffic lights for example.
- geocar 10y ago
  That's because you have that British self-deprecation thing. However, because I'm not British, I have no problem saying this: You guys know how to drive, but if it makes you feel better, the Swedes are better.