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Originally Posted by DickR
That number is global. In the US, it's currently around 37,000/year. It peaked at over 54,000/yr back in the 60s, but things have gotten less bad since then. For most of this decade, the fatalities per 100,000 in the population has been running around 10-11, down from a high of almost 30 in 1937. Safety features in cars (seatbelts, airbags, etc) clearly have reduced deaths. Here is a tabulation of year by year deaths since 1899: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_...n_U.S._by_year |
I can say with confidence that the reduction in the driving fatalities was not a result of improved driving habits.
Justin seems to have a good read on the town and cares enough to try to effect some change.