| ▲ | aanet 2 days ago | |
While this may be true (that US road accident deaths have fallen more slowly compared to other rich countries), a true(r) apples-apples comparison is road fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles-travelled (VMT). That chart does not show this data. Would be useful to chart it and see the progress (or regress) over the last, say, 40-50 years. Posit: US vehicle sizes have dramatically increased over the last 20-30 years, which has resulted in more pedestrian (and non-driver/passenger) deaths. | ||
| ▲ | alphabetatango 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
This is from the article: > There’s also a connection with how much Americans use their cars. In the US, people drive much more. However, that doesn’t fully explain the gap — US roads are also significantly more dangerous than those in Germany per kilometer traveled (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/road-accident-deaths-per-...) | ||
| ▲ | frollogaston 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Need to normalize by APC instead (Altimas per capita) | ||
| ▲ | 11101010010001 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
add time to the dimension and we'll find out what we already knew ... momentum kills. | ||