Traffic safety in the United States compared to Great Britain, Canada, and Australia

Additional details and background in Ch 15 The Dramatic Failure of US Safety Policy of Traffic Safety (this link, data.htm  cited on page 387)

• USA TODAY opinion piece, U.S. Traffic Safety Misleads the Public: As GM ignition case shows, technology is emphasized over driver behavior, Sept.2014

• AJPH Editorial 20,000  more Americans killed annually because US traffic-safety policy rejects science. Aug. 2014

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International traffic fatality comparisons

 

1. Excel files (additional calculations can be performed  immediately.  Requires Microsoft Excel -- if not available use htm files below)

1979-2002

g Vehicle rate (traffic fatalities per thousand vehicles)

= US compared to Great Britain

= US compared to Canada

= US compared to Australia

 

g Distance rate (traffic fatalities per billion km of vehicle travel - or per 100 million miles of vehicle travel)

= US compared to Great Britain

US safety rank among nations in 2002

= 15 nations are safer in terms of deaths per thousand vehicles, nine in terms of deaths for same travel distance -  data from the various countries

 

2. htm files -- should open quickly on all computers

1979-2002

g Vehicle rate (traffic fatalities per thousand vehicles)

= US compared to Great Britain

= US compared to Canada

= US compared to Australia

 

g Distance rate (traffic fatalities per billion km of vehicle travel - or per 100 million miles of vehicle travel)

= US compared to Great Britain

US safety rank among nations in 2002

= 15 nations are safer in terms of deaths per thousand vehicles, nine in terms of deaths for same travel distance -  data from the various countries