Why Does the U.S. Have the Highest Car Crash Death Rate in the World?
A report* released by techtimes.com on July 7, 2016 revealed that the United States suffers the highest car crash death rate in the world compared to 20 other countries who participated in the study. This alarming fact comes despite the fact that the U.S. rate has dropped by almost a third in the last 14 years. Even when only compared against other high-income countries, the U.S. remains at the top of the list. The questions we need to ask the safety experts are why and what can we do about it? The fact that other high-income nations have lower car crash death rates means that we can learn from others and reduce our casualties. “Despite our vehicles being safer than ever before, we still lose 100 people every day in car crashes, and we are on the wrong side of the trend,” said the U.S. National Safety Council (NSC), stressing that it is “frustrated” by the recent findings.
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