China has 65,000 deaths p/year and yet one of the lowest deaths per population in the world (5.1 for every 100,000) and yet it's still 178 per day - A humbling thought. The worst! Libya with 40 deaths per 100,000 Australia is 5.7 deaths per 100,000 New Zealand has 8.6 deaths per 100,000 What's my point! I don't have one, just a few interesting stats. .
thejazzpianoma,
Jan 29, 4:13pm
China probably still has relatively few drivers per capita, hence their figures being warped.
tgray,
Jan 29, 4:24pm
Sweden has the lowest rate at 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people. Perhaps it's because of the following facts: 1. You must be 18 years old to drive 2. By law, you must drive with headlights on 24 hours a day. 3. Their drink drive limit is .02 which is a quarter of ours.
-paradisefound-,
Jan 29, 4:27pm
Gosh when you think of the devastation one loss of life brings then 1.2 million is a tragedy beyond imagination.
tgray,
Jan 29, 4:27pm
Correct. When you compare itper 100,000 motor vehicles rather than per population, their death rate is 3 times New Zealand's.
tgray,
Jan 29, 4:30pm
Yes, nearly 3,400 deaths per day. And that is only the death rate, not the injury rate which would be at least 10 fold. Hard to imagine.
smac,
Jan 29, 4:32pm
Something closer to 10million die every year from cancer, yet which gets the headlines.
pauloc,
Jan 29, 4:33pm
I wonder what the rate is in India. Two weeks over there was one of the most frightening things on a road you could imagine.
tgray,
Jan 29, 4:57pm
India has 315 deaths p/100,000 vehicles NZ has 11 deaths p/100,000 vehicles Ethiopia has 11,666 deaths p/100,000 vehicles! And before you say there's under 100,000 cars in Ethiopia and the figures are extrapolated out, that is not the case. There are over 340,000 cars there.
tgray,
Jan 29, 4:59pm
Note: Original post #1 stats was by population, NOT vehicles.
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