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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-
by 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
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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 agoAs 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 agoThat'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.