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For posterity: - The UK had an estimated death rate of 4.7 road fatalities per billion vehicle miles travelled in 2024 [1] - The US had an estimated 12.6 road
by fransje26 1y ago
For posterity:
- The UK had an estimated death rate of 4.7 road fatalities per billion vehicle miles travelled in 2024 [1]
- The US had an estimated 12.6 road fatalities per billion vehicle miles travelled in 2023 [2]
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua...
[2] https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813705 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...
- rsynnott 1y agoOh, huh, that's actually a bigger discrepancy than the stats I was looking at (from 2022 for the UK and 2021 for the US, from wikipedia). Looks like the UK is down modestly since then, the US up modestly.