The article just doesn't do itself a favor with its headline. The useful point of the article is that the Scandinavian countries are so much less dependent on

The article just doesn't do itself a favor with its headline. The useful point of the article is that the Scandinavian countries are so much less dependent on cars (and so much smaller) that you have years where no one dies by a car hitting pedestrian. But it do better pointing out the overall (considerable) quality of life benefit rather than the factoid - factoid arguments just raise people's hackles these days.