Comment Comment by valuearb In the US only about 1 out of every 70 deaths is from an auto accident. As a single cause of death, it's not even in the top 10.Less than 1 in 3 accidental deaths is auto accident related.More people commit suicide (42,000) than die in auto accidents (40,000).http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282929.phpDeaths per mile driven have plummeted over time. From 24 per million miles in 1921, to 7 per hundred million miles in 1950, to 2.5 PHMM in the 1980s, 1.5 PHMM in early 2000s and now about 1.1 per hundred million miles.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...They are set to plunge further as automated braking and collision avoidance become standard features over the next decade.Edits: Corrected to deaths per 100M miles, not deaths per 1M miles. parent valuearb 9 years ago
Less than 1 in 3 accidental deaths is auto accident related.
More people commit suicide (42,000) than die in auto accidents (40,000).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282929.php
Deaths per mile driven have plummeted over time. From 24 per million miles in 1921, to 7 per hundred million miles in 1950, to 2.5 PHMM in the 1980s, 1.5 PHMM in early 2000s and now about 1.1 per hundred million miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...
They are set to plunge further as automated braking and collision avoidance become standard features over the next decade.
Edits: Corrected to deaths per 100M miles, not deaths per 1M miles.