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Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Chart is incomplete

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

In fairness Australia has a low population density, and is not so mountainous, and we have very little snow et cetera.

That said I guess we do have hazards like kangaroos, and a larger road network to maintain (per capita).

Also depending on. When these stats are from they might pre-date the influx of shitty over-sized little-mans American cars. Thats sure to increase the rates of fatalities.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Clearly fake as it doesn't show a state that's better the non Americans. In big America, there are clearly more states!

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Wait what?? British Columbia is less than Alberta? There are single lanes in dangerous areas in comparison to Alberta.

[–] card797@champserver.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You gotta enforce traffic laws in order to maintain safety.

Also*, where is Maine?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How you know this is good data

No sources. Just a chart.
Randomly compares some places in North American to some places in Australia.

[+] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world -7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Oh come on. I don’t think there’s another country on the planet as car-dependent as the US. We have more cars, we drive far, far more than these countries, so of course there will be more deaths. Try it per person/mile driven and I bet the numbers shift quite a bit and it won’t be so dramatic, but the US will still come out “ahead.” On average I’d also bet the US has far higher average travel speed as well generating a higher possibility of fatal accidents.

Edit: Here. Sort by billion km driven. US is #8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Still high, but in context the OP doesn’t offer.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

That's part of the problem.

„Yeah, it's unfair to count us that high in death by alcohol. You should divide it by litre of alcohol drank.“ - said no-one ever, with good reason.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Canada and Australia, the only other countries in the OP, are both below the US.

As for speed, at least where I am in Canada, they don't even bother enforcing the limit until you're at least 20% over it. And Germany, famous for its highway without a speed limit, is still lower than all three countries listed.

Whatever is going on in the US to cause a higher amount of car fatalities isn't just distance driven or speed.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You ignored the entire point of the post. Your anecdote about enforcement could be apply to any of the countries listed. And the idea that the Autobahn is some kind of speed free-for-all needs to die. It’s highly regulated and restricted. I’ve driven it well over 100mph. Again, the number of Germans driving and the miles they drive vs that of the US is a huge difference.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but that chart accounted for deaths per distance driven and the bit about speed enforcement and the autobahn was to challenge your assumption that people in the US drive faster on average because people here speed so much they have to be exceeding the limit by a good amount before the cops even blink at them.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Your anecdote. Don’t confuse your personal feelings about enforcement with actual data.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Oh come on. I don’t think there’s another country on the planet as car-dependent as the US.

Well, that in and of itself is something worthy of criticism. One significant side effect of being so car-dependent is that effectively requires us to have low standards when it comes to obtaining and keeping a license.

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