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Mapping 10 Years of Fatal Traffic Accidents
November 22, 2015 5:30pm by Barry Ritholtz
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Nothing really earth-shattering to me here. Higher density population areas have more fatal accidents. I would expect to see a similar graphic for murders, gunshot deaths, STDs and anything else that people do to each other…. JMHO…
What matters for true comparison is the fatality rate. The rural states have higher a higher fatality rate, most likely due to lax seat belt laws. Every day there is news of people not wearing seat belts and being ejected from their pick-ups when they hit an unexpected curve or when involved in a crashes. In several of these rural states the cops cannot legally pull you over if you are not wearing a seat belt because they believe that is some sort of a personal freedom which needs to be protected.
Or maybe it is a cleanup of the gene pool.
I would also prefer to see a map of fatality rates, but should we look at rates by total population, by driving population (non-drivers die in traffic collisions, too), by miles driven, or some other metric?
Seat belts are important, but they are not the only factor. Rural populations will drive more on roads that are less safe – poorer lighting, with more disparities between traffic speeds (slow moving tractors or buggies sharing the road with cars and trucks travelling much faster, farther from ambulances and trauma centers, et cetera.
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People in rural areas also have longer commute distances, higher a avg trip speed, and lack of safer mass transit options.
This XKCD comic is always the correct response to these maps:
https://xkcd.com/1138/