In the article it says Italy has a high death rate due to people speeding. I was curious how it compares to the of the EU. This data is from 2021 though, and apparently numbers today are slightly higher.
Romania: 85 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Bulgaria: 81 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Latvia: 78 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Croatia: 72 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Poland: 59 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Greece: 57 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Hungary: 56 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Lithuania: 52 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Yes we do, but per-capita numbers are useless without figuring in mileage. I drive from the southern tip of Italy to the Italian alps, twice on a round trip, to pick up my kids.
Keep in mind that traffic in the US is simply more dangerous then in Europe. Traffic in the US consist of a large number of pick up trucks which are heavy and not designed to be friendly to other traffic in an accident. There are more factors, but my key takeaway is accidents versus deadly accidents.
Why are they so far away? There is logic to what you’re saying, according to this website Americans drive on average twice as far as Italians/Germans etc. so if you scale by that America is still slightly higher but not as bad.
In the article it says Italy has a high death rate due to people speeding. I was curious how it compares to the of the EU. This data is from 2021 though, and apparently numbers today are slightly higher.
Looks like Italy was 52 per million in 2019, and the United States was 129 per million in 2021 so that’s exciting for my country…
'Murcia needs to start taking road safety seriously.
But of course, the “muh rights” crowd won’t shut the fuck up, so here we are…
You could say America needs to start taking a lot of things more seriously.
Yes we do, but per-capita numbers are useless without figuring in mileage. I drive from the southern tip of Italy to the Italian alps, twice on a round trip, to pick up my kids.
Yes. And if you had infrastructure, they could have done that trip on a high speed train instead of you having to drive.
Keep in mind that traffic in the US is simply more dangerous then in Europe. Traffic in the US consist of a large number of pick up trucks which are heavy and not designed to be friendly to other traffic in an accident. There are more factors, but my key takeaway is accidents versus deadly accidents.
What’s the argument here? That because you drive twice as far, it is expected you run over twice as many people?
Why are they so far away? There is logic to what you’re saying, according to this website Americans drive on average twice as far as Italians/Germans etc. so if you scale by that America is still slightly higher but not as bad.