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Automotive accidents are high in part due to alcohol though.
by YokoZar 12y ago
Automotive accidents are high in part due to alcohol though.
- randallsquared 12y agoHigh relative to what? Automobile accident deaths per 100K have dropped by more than half since 1980, and by nearly a third since 2000. Even in absolute numbers, they've been declining pretty steadily for many years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...
- LnxPrgr3 12y agoModern cars have made it a lot safer to be in a crash. I'd hate to have been driving the 1959 Bel Air in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_r5UJrxcck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_r5UJrxcck Still, since not much else is likely to kill the average American 20-something, car crashes rank relatively high, and alcohol remains involved in about a third of all fatal crashes in the US.