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Fatalities per vehicle-mile is the only favorable metric here, which makes intuitive sense: the US is a big empty country with a lot of rural highways. If you
by woodruffw 3y ago
Fatalities per vehicle-mile is the only favorable metric here, which makes intuitive sense: the US is a big empty country with a lot of rural highways.
If you look at fatalities per capita or by net car ownership, the numbers are much less rosy[1]. By those metrics, the US mostly peers with SE Asia and the Middle East.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate#List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
- gottorf 3y ago> If you look at fatalities per capita or by net car ownership Curiously, by that metric, the US lies between Singapore and Hong Kong. Which is strange, since car ownership is rare in both those countries and neither are really known to be hotbeds of reckless driving.
- woodruffw 3y agoI think Hong Kong does have a reputation for unsafe roads, it just doesn't make it to us[1]. But Singapore is a surprise to me. (That's for net car ownership. For per capita, the US's immediate peers are Bangladesh, Uruguay, Egypt, and Moldova.) [1]: https://hongkongfp.com/2022/08/25/hong-kong-pedestrians-are-most-at-risk-from-car-crashes-on-wan-chai-road-advocacy-group-finds/ https://hongkongfp.com/2022/08/25/hong-kong-pedestrians-are-...