Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in other rich countries

Re:Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in oth... by aanet on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:16PM (#49252126)

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.

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Re:Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in oth... by alphabetatango on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:29PM (#49252656)

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-...)

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Re:Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in oth... by frollogaston on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:32PM (#49252674)

Need to normalize by APC instead (Altimas per capita)

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Re:Road deaths in the US have fallen more slowly than in oth... by 11101010010001 on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:13PM (#49252552)

add time to the dimension and we'll find out what we already knew ... momentum kills.

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