Nobody died on wednesday

[minionofmidas]

I haven't a link, but according to my newspaper, nobody got killed in a traffic accident on Portugal's roads on wednesday, and Portuguese police hailed this as a first in modern Portuguese history.

[Bono]

Wow, I hadn't heard of this, but I just checked the Republican GUard's page, and it's right.

[Platypus]

If Portugal onl has 10 million people and this hasn't happenned in modern times before...that must mean road casualty figures are pretty high.

[??????????]

I haven't a link, but according to my newspaper, nobody got killed in a traffic accident on Portugal's roads on wednesday, and Portuguese police hailed this as a first in modern Portuguese history.

How did Germany fair?

[MasterJedi]

I guess they got lucky. So how bad are there drivers that somebody dies every day?

[David S]

In the US about 43,000 people die every year in car accidents. That works out to over 100 a day on the average.

[Gustaf]

In Sweden it's 500 a year (9 million inhabitants). I think that's pretty low, fmo an international perspective.

[minionofmidas]

In the US about 43,000 people die every year in car accidents. That works out to over 100 a day on the average.

...or 3 a day per 10 mio inhabitants (the population of Portugal).

I'll check for a German stat.

EDIT: 5400 in 2005 (translates to about 2 a day per 10 mio inhabitants)

[David S]

I guess if we want to make a comparison between nations we would need to consider the number of miles driven too.

[Јas]

Republic of Ireland
Year: Road Deaths / Population (estimate)
2003: 336 / 3.97m
2004: 379 / 4.04m
2005: 399 / 4.13m

[Gabu]

The statistic I found for Canada was 2,900 per 33.1 million; that works out to 2.4 per day per 10 million inhabitants.

In Sweden it's 500 a year (9 million inhabitants). I think that's pretty low, fmo an international perspective.

To fit that in with the already computer statistics for other countries, that's 1.5 per day per 10 million inhabitants, so yes, it is fairly low.

[minionofmidas]

I guess if we want to make a comparison between nations we would need to consider the number of miles driven too.

Well the question is ... where do you stop? Do we factor in road conditions? Percentage of cars equipped with air bags? Hospital facilities (loads of third world road deaths wouldnt happen if hospitals were better)? Alcohol laws? If so, how much of a statistical difference would be left?