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[gwillen]

Interesting: Interactive map of United States road accident deaths, 2001-2009. (They say "casualties", but they mean it in the informal sense of "deaths", not the military sense

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[kartiksg]

Note that these are casualties and not accidents. I suspect old people are more prone to dying than young people for similar accident circumstances.

[gwillen]

Right, that's what I was figuring.

[bubblingbeebles]

i remember thinking similar things about cyclist-car collisions when talking about the sidewalk-riding studies (e.g., collisions in intersections were very common, but how many of those are caused by the cyclist not looking for a right-turning car, which i personally always make sure to do?).