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Based on us distance data from https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles, europe distance data from and dea
by smtpete 3y ago
Based on us distance data from https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles, europe distance data from and death rates from https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813435 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... for US, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331134/road-traffic-fatalities-germany/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331134/road-traffic-fat... for germany, and https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240414/fatalities-in-traffic-accidents-in-norway/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240414/fatalities-in-tr... for norway
It looks like in 2021 the death rate per km driven:
US is
42,939deaths/5,349,230 million miles = 0.0050 deaths per million km
Germany (2020)
2,719 deaths/718056 million kilometers = 0.0039 deaths per million km
Norway
80 deaths/68232 million kilometers = 0.0012 deaths per million km
It certainly looks better for the US than it does when looking at deaths per capita, or deaths per vehicle. Though US still looks bad. You could argue US driving way more per capita is might also be due to bad design that makes for more traffic deaths
- hindsightbias 3y agoThx for the research. Presumably most pedestrian deaths are urban and cities with European densities here have high rates so still bad design.