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There are 21E7 motorbikes in India [1], so at 100k deaths/year, that is 4.8E-4 deaths/motorbike. The US has 8.6 million motorbikes [2] deaths and 5172 deaths [
by abdullahkhalids 3y ago
There are 21E7 motorbikes in India [1], so at 100k deaths/year, that is 4.8E-4 deaths/motorbike.
The US has 8.6 million motorbikes [2] deaths and 5172 deaths [3]. That is 6E-4 deaths/motorbike.
Now, the better metric would be deaths/kms. But at least on the above metric, India is doing fine.
[1] https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/india-has-over-21-crore-two-wheelers-nearly-7-crore-four-wheelers-registered-41659615998470.html https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/india-has-over-21-...
[2] https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/bibliography/2225 https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/bibliography/2225
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_fatality_rate_in_U....