Traffic Deaths v Population Density USA v other countries
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:27 pm
Economist: Vol 416,Number 8945 July 2015: Traffic Accidents: Road Kill
which includes:
Drivers anywhere tend to dislike that.
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which includes:
- In 2014 some 32,675 people were killed in traffic accidents.
- In 2013, the latest year for which detailed data are available, some 2.3m were injured—or one in 100 licensed drivers.
- For every billion miles Americans drive, roughly 11 people are killed.
- In most of the rich world, far fewer people die in road accidents these days
- Between 2009 and 2013 pedestrian deaths jumped by 15% as the economy recovered.
- In Britain, over the same period, the number fell by a fifth.
- Many states are as safe to drive in as Europe: New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts all have low accident rates.
- In rural, sparsely-populated areas, the death rates can be shocking. In Wyoming in 2014, 131 people were killed in fatal crashes
- traffic-accident death rate higher than in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, many deaths involve drivers who refuse to wear seatbelts.
- traffic-accident death rate higher than in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
- Across America, almost a third of traffic deaths involve alcohol.
- The number of motorcyclists killed each year has more than doubled since the late 1990s
- In 31 states, most adult bikers do not have to wear helmets.
- A newer problem is mobile phones.
- A study in 2011 by the Centres for Disease Control found that 69% of American drivers had used their mobile phone at the wheel in the previous 30 days, and 31% had read or sent texts or e-mails.
Among European countries, only Portugal was as bad. Just 14 states ban drivers from using hand-held phones while driving
- A study in 2011 by the Centres for Disease Control found that 69% of American drivers had used their mobile phone at the wheel in the previous 30 days, and 31% had read or sent texts or e-mails.
Drivers anywhere tend to dislike that.
See the full article: Traffic Accidents: Road Kill