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Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That might be skewed as most of their population are in New York City, and more than half of the city doesn't even own a car.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's pretty much the point of the chart. Better public infrastructure decrease the deaths from cars.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or commuting accidents in traffic are rarely fatal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Both? Both. Massachusetts is right up there as well, and while Boston isn't as large or dense as NYC, a full 50% of the workforce in Boston commutes every day using the T. That's a huge portion of the people who go into and out of Boston daily from outside suburbs and towns who aren't on the roads.