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Quite low considering India has 22% of world's population.
by fctorial 6y ago
Quite low considering India has 22% of world's population.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoDistance driven is probably the broadest metric one can use to compare here.
- drinkcocacola 6y ago17.7%* https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pop+india+%2F+world+pop https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pop+india+%2F+world+po... but still...
- auslegung 6y agoThe article says India has 1% of cars globally, but otherwise doesn’t list any other stats for context. Miles driven would be nice to know, but total population isn’t helpful since a country can be very populous but have very few cars and that would skew things
- dmos62 6y agoYou'd also have to account for scooters and such.
- sandworm101 6y ago>> The article says India has 1% of cars globally I find them referencing the number of cars as very suspect. I know from other studies that the majority of road deaths in India involve passenger busses. There are far more people travelling by bus than private car. And when a bus crashes it is a much larger incident. After the busses are all the two-wheeled vehicle crashes. So them talking about car statistics, which are a minority on most Indian roads, seems out of place. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-roads-share-blame-for-indias-deadly-bus-accidents/articleshow/70136804.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-roads-share-bl...
- lostlogin 6y agoIt’s a good point, but it’s people that die, not cars. Pedestrians, scooter drivers and bus passengers are going to make up a portion of the deaths too.
- kasperni 6y agoThe USA has 20x more motor vehicles per capita than India [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_...
- Bayart 6y agoWell, the US is also an outlier in its own right.