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    [OC] Deaths from motor vehicle crashes per 100k people by U.S. state in 2023
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    [OC] Deaths from motor vehicle crashes per 100k people by U.S. state in 2023

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    1. frodeem on

      Why are the red states always the worst? Doesn’t matter what we are looking at, the red states are always really bad.

    2. SarahJFroxy on

      honestly for how car dense the cities of CA and NY+NJ are, i’m genuinely impressed tbh

      edit: i know traffic makes it harder, but people do still speed here, particularly on freeways and late at night

    4. heyitsmemaya on

      Utah. Lmao šŸ˜‚ where the drivers arenā€™t hopped up on, well, liquor, drugs or caffeine

    6. TacitlyDaft on

      AZ is no shock. Iā€™m a seasoned big city driver and still astounds me that the ā€œtrafficā€ speed around Phoenix is 85+.

      Energy, square of velocity, etc.

    8. mrdungbeetle on

      Genuinely surprised it is so low in the Northeast, with how fast and aggressive the drivers are there.

    10. bananasplits on

      Iā€™d love to see this compared to rate of seat belt usage.

      I donā€™t think population density is the sole cause here – MN, WI, MI have to have similar population density as many of those southern states.

    12. xlRadioActivelx on

      This graph is kinda useless, itā€™s deaths per 100k people, so of course in places where lots of people donā€™t drive at all are going to be lower. Not to mention the fact that city driving is lower speed and less likely to result in deaths.

      For a graph like this to be useful it should really be deaths per (100k miles driven).

    13. cwagrant on

      As someone from St. Louis Iā€™m pretty amazed Maryland isnā€™t higher. I drove around Baltimore a few months ago and I think those might be the only drivers Iā€™ve ever been afraid of.

    14. moreesq on

      As I looked at Mississippi, I wondered whether the fatality rate reflects very poor hospitals. In other words, do they die in the crash itself or do they die within say 24 hours later because of poor doctors and treatment capabilities. As for New Mexico, does it have to do with Reservations?

    15. PMmeYourDunes on

      I simply do not accept the results for Texas. I’ve been to fucking Texas, and I demand a recount or something. Please review, but don’t like go there and review because someone will probably hit you with a car.

    16. apple_pi_chart on

      Poor color scheme. Should break it down into 5-7 bins and end with the light color as the lowest rate of fatalities.

    17. crillish on

      Mapping deaths normalized by population doesnā€™t show much. This map will overstate areas where long distance travel is normal. The column that has deaths by miles driven will give a better picture of deadliest drivers

    20. RoomTraditional126 on

      After working on ambulances for close to a decade its honestly feels like theres not much sense to who lives or dies in a car accident. Rollover, under back end of a semi? Yup still alive. Hit a stop sign at just the right way, brain bleed and dead.

    23. pook_a_dook on

      For what itā€™s worth, New Mexico is the state I felt most uncomfortable driving through, so this tracks. Unpredictable and fast, could t wait to leave that state.

    24. Fast_Moon on

      Honestly surprised to see the regions with the worst winter weather are still the ones on the low end. Of course, that also means there’s so many potholes that no one can drive faster than 30, anyways.

    25. Longjumping-Cat1748 on

      Would love to see overlaid with corralory data.
      Who has mandatory drivers ed, how strict are the drinking or smoking laws, what are the seat belts laws, phone laws, etc. Bet someone like insurance companies already have the models

    27. Monster_from_the_id on

      The reason that NY/CT/NJ is so low because millions of people in those areas take mass transportation to work and either walk to a station or have a very short drive to one.

    28. KeepGoing655 on

      Wonder how much of tourists driving around Yellowstone in Wyoming and Montana is a factor for the high numbers.

    30. eric5014 on

      Australia: 4.8 in 2023

      We drive less AND we have fewer deaths per distance.

      The former is due to more people living in the big cities, availability of public transport in those cities and high petrol tax. The latter is possibly due to stricter rules inc a decades-long campaign against drink-driving.

    32. Maxasaurus on

      What the fuck is this legend?

      The lowest and highest are like the same dark color, while the middle range is light?

      This data is ugly and nearly unreadable.

    34. 2xdareya on

      Canā€™t believe that NY is the lowest. I drive, ride motorcycle and ride bicycle (hit from behind on a clear no-traffic straightaway) and drivers are flat out dangerous, although PA drivers are way worse. Good lord.