Fatal Car Crashes: Urban Car Accidents Vs. Rural Car Accidents
The differing road network density, travel patterns and roadway characteristics of urban and rural areas mean large differences in fatal car crash statistics. For example, crashes that involve the death of a pedestrian and deaths at intersections are much more common in urban areas, whereas a larger proportion of large truck occupant deaths and deaths on high-speed roads happen in rural areas. According to a report released by the Insurance Institute of for Highway Safety (IIHS), Highway Loss Data Institute, only 19 percent of people in the U.S. live in rural areas but 30 percent of the vehicle miles traveled occur in rural areas along with more than half of crash deaths.
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