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> And several people died in human-caused wrecks while you were typing that sentence. According to [0] 1.24 million people die in automobile related accidents
by davidgould 8y ago
> And several people died in human-caused wrecks while you were typing that sentence.
According to [0] 1.24 million people die in automobile related accidents annually. This works out to 0.04 per second. Unless parent is a very slow typist your number overstates the real toll several times.
[0] http://www.progressive-economy.org/trade_facts/traffic-accidents-kill-1-24-million-people-a-year-worldwide-wars-and-murders-0-44-million/ http://www.progressive-economy.org/trade_facts/traffic-accid...
Seems to be a mix of 2010 and 2014 data, but broadly speaking close enough.
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