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genista, flickr Travelers hitting the road this summer may want to do their research first: Reader's Digest recently announced their list of the best, worst, and deadliest roads in America.
February 18 – Malaysia – Nine teenage cyclists were killed after they were hit by a car at the Middle Ring Road in Johor Bahru. [227] February 20 – Philippines – Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an electric post in Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40. [228]
From the beginning of recorded statistics until the 1970s, total traffic deaths in the United States generally trended upwards, except during the Great Depression and World War II. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 15% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35%.
The Autostrada A58, the Milan external east ring road, Italy. Together with the Autostrada A50 (Milan west ring road), the Autostrada A51 (Milan east ring road) and the Autostrada A52 (Milan north ring road), it is the largest system of ring roads around a city in Italy, for a total length greater than 100 kilometres (62 mi).
Distracted and aggressive driving, remote and harsh locales, and heavy traffic are a few reasons AAA cited for choosing America's most dangerous roads.
The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles, [96] [97] while for driving, the rate was 1.5 per 100 million vehicle-miles for 2000, which is 150 deaths per 10 billion miles for comparison with the air travel rate.
The 2022 death toll of 4,481 was a decrease of 0.36% from the 4,497 deaths recorded in 2021. Of those fatalities, 1,702 occured on highways. There were 4,037 fatal crashes in 2022, 1,484 of which ...
This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...