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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

Americans Die Younger Than People in Any Other Rich Country. Why?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Progress of Road Death in the United States

US road deaths are much, much better than they were 50, 60, 70 years ago. The US level all the way through out that decline has been much higher than most other developed countries. You go from around 1.5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled in the US to around 0.2 in the UK. There's also pedestrian fatalities actually very recently hit a 40 year high and really jerked up in 2020 and 2021.

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