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I don't think it's as simple as "American vehicle trends are very safe" "ongoing pedestrian safety crisis in the US in which fatalities are at a 40-year high a
by SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
I don't think it's as simple as "American vehicle trends are very safe"
"ongoing pedestrian safety crisis in the US in which fatalities are at a 40-year high and the number of pedestrians killed has increased by 80 percent since hitting a low in 2009."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960624/truck-suv-hood-height-pedestrian-death-report-iihs https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960624/truck-suv-hood-...
- genter 3y agoAmerican vehicles are very safe, for the people inside of them.
- frumper 3y agoThe overall number is quite small. Looking at the number going back to 70s and it's practically flat, while population has grown 50% since 1975. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedestrians https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedes... This is hardly a crisis.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago"practically flat" i.e. increasing again, erasing recent gains, is no great victory when the number in other comparable countries is still decreasing.