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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.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/nov/22/us-road-accident-casualties
Things I'm curious about:
- For the pedestrian deaths, which ones were jaywalking? Crossing the street? On the sidewalk?
- For the vehicle occupant deaths, what was the speed of the vehicle at the time of the collision? What was the nature of the collision? (Stationary object, pedestrian/cyclist, motorcycle, head-on, t-bone, read-end, etc.)
I notice that a lot of motorist deaths in collisions that were presumably low-speed (i.e. on small roads) are people over the age of 60 or even higher, and in general older people seem overrepresented in reported vehicular deaths, compared with the rate at which I would expect they drive. I wonder what role was played by poor vision, poor health, or seatbelt refusal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/nov/22/us-road-accident-casualties
Things I'm curious about:
- For the pedestrian deaths, which ones were jaywalking? Crossing the street? On the sidewalk?
- For the vehicle occupant deaths, what was the speed of the vehicle at the time of the collision? What was the nature of the collision? (Stationary object, pedestrian/cyclist, motorcycle, head-on, t-bone, read-end, etc.)
I notice that a lot of motorist deaths in collisions that were presumably low-speed (i.e. on small roads) are people over the age of 60 or even higher, and in general older people seem overrepresented in reported vehicular deaths, compared with the rate at which I would expect they drive. I wonder what role was played by poor vision, poor health, or seatbelt refusal.