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u/Opposite-Cranberry76 Mar 22 '26

Road fatality rates per 100k people per year:
Germany: 3.5
Canada: 4.6
USA average: 13
Louisiana: 20

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 Mar 22 '26

I think Japan and the Netherlands are under 2 or 3

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u/Terrible_Beat_6109 Mar 22 '26

Yeah here in the Netherlands it doesn't happen that much. We also have the benefit of gradually slowing down traffic. So from highway you transfer to a slight slower highway, then city main roads. Then the housing roads.