[ExI] US traffic deaths dropped to new low

[BillK]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Damien Sullivan  wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:30:50AM +0100, BillK wrote:
>
>> Traffic fatalities are roughly 50% Urban and 50% Rural.
>> (Possibly surprising considering the difference in population size
>> between Rural and Urban).
>
> Is that rural as in rural residents, or does it include highways between
> cities?  The latter would boost the reference population, as well as be
> readily divertible by good intercity bus and rail options.
>
>

Rural as in non-freeway country roads.

Freeways are the safest roads. No crossroads or sharp bends, contra
flow traffic separated by crash barriers.

BillK