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High 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 numb
by randallsquared 12y ago
High 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.