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I don't think so. The first killed pedestrian was dead for 22 years before the roaring 1920s. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38466522 https://news.ycombi

• acdha 3y ago
  First, yes, but it’s not like people weren’t killed by horses or trolleys either. The death toll was never zero but it went up sharply when everyone was expected to drive much heavier vehicles at higher speeds.
• ang_cire 3y ago
  One person dying does not equate to "unsafe roads" in the way that "widespread adoption of motor vehicles" does. People were frequently trampled by horse-drawn carriages prior to cars, but not at anywhere close to the rate after cars became so ubiquitous.