Re:More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killin...
by gregraygun on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:47PM
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Thanks, makes you really think. No, I don't want to have people getting away with murder, but these numbers tell a lot. I wonder what the 'more getting away with murder' numbers look like if we start comparing to population increases rather than just last years numbers?
Re:More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killin...
by George83728 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:34PM
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> 37,461 people were killed on the roads. Given how frequent are hit-and-runs with accidents, I expected it to be more common in deadly situations, but it seems to be the opposite: 2,049 fatalities that resulted from hit-and-run crashes in 2016.
Fatal collisions are more likely to disable the perpetrator and/or their vehicle, rendering them unable to hit-and-run even if they were so inclined.
If this is true then I expect hit-and-run to be more common in fatal car-vs-pedestrian crashes than for fatal car-vs-car crashes.
There were 46,412 suicides among adults in 2021.
37,461 people were killed on the roads. Given how frequent are hit-and-runs with accidents, I expected it to be more common in deadly situations, but it seems to be the opposite: 2,049 fatalities that resulted from hit-and-run crashes in 2016.
Finally, in 2021, a record 106,699 lives were lost to overdoses.