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You should also care about your chance of a serious accident. Germany's motorway accident rate doesn't compare favourably with e.g. the UK or France, although i

You should also care about your chance of a serious accident. Germany's motorway accident rate doesn't compare favourably with e.g. the UK or France, although it's a difficult comparison to make.

sokoloff 5y ago
Oh I do. Having driven in Germany for 6 months (and on periodic business trips) and the US for 30+ years, Germany is a dream from risk of accident, serious accident, and fatality risk compared to the US.
rndgermandude 5y ago
This got me curious. I cannot really find reliable numbers only concerning motorway accidents, at least not this quickly, but when it comes to total road fatalities, it appears Germany is doing worse than the UK but a lot better than France: https://i.imgur.com/ZPHb8cz.png https://i.imgur.com/ZPHb8cz.png [1] PS: the US had in 2019 about 110 road fatalities per million [2], the UK had about 26 [1], France 48 [3] and Germany 37 [4]. [1] From page 22 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/922717/reported-road-casualties-annual-report-2019.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... [2] http://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813021 http://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/8... [3] https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Road-deaths-in-mainland-France-up-almost-10-in-January-after-historically-low-2019-figures-show https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Road-deaths-in-m... [4] https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffic-Accidents/Tables/persons-killed-age.html;jsessionid=BCD8FCE6D42C3AB1BE5C5D7FA5A246DF.live711 https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffi...