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Sadly that isn't the case: The actual fatalities and accidents per billion km driven is higher in the US than many other industrialized countries, so it's not a
by bildung 6y ago
Sadly that isn't the case: The actual fatalities and accidents per billion km driven is higher in the US than many other industrialized countries, so it's not about more km/miles being driven in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
- Guthur 6y agoAre they also reluctant to wear seat belts?
- bildung 6y agoSeat belt usage is about the same: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_use_rates_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_use_rates_by_country
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoIn terms of fatalities per billion km the US is between Belgium and New Zealand. Not really up there with Somalia. And the ranking there is kind of misleading because the types of countries that collect fatalities per unit distance at all are the ones that tend to do really well on it. We don't have the data for Russia or China but guesstimating based on accidents per 100k vehicles, it's bad. Whereas e.g. Germany does really well. But fatalities per unit distance for the US isn't even twice the number in Germany, whereas in terms of fatalities per 100k population, the US is 335% of Germany. Consistent with the bulk of the difference being explained in terms of more miles traveled.