At some level this is an almost uniquely American problem; see similar statistics here from Great Britain: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-roa

At some level this is an almost uniquely American problem; see similar statistics here from Great Britain: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2022/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua..., Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_Australia_by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i... which have been dropping rapidly since the 1970s. So, relative to other very similar countries, the U.S. is doing much worse.