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Were already at an all-time high of vehicle related deaths. We’d actually probably see a decrease in fatalities if we made cars smaller.

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Proportional to the number of km driven or just raw number?

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Both. More weight of a car = more danger to everyone.

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Source on that?

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The only thing I know as someone not in the business is that many of the experts are saying larger vehicles are nearly half of all fatalities.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212737005/cars-trucks-pedestrian-deaths-increase-crash-data

Do note that these are numbers for the US, and may not correspond with other countries.

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They’re also half of the vehicles sold though…

Also bigger vehicles result in more dangerous pedestrian impacts isn’t the first point you were making and isn’t the point being discussed here.

Answer the question, where did you get the info about accidents being at an all time high? Where did you get the info that it’s at an all time high in proportion to mileage covered, number of cars on the road and increase in population?

You said it’s at an all time high for “both” gross number and in proportion, you must be able to provide a source if you’re so confident, right?

https://lemmy.ml/comment/11316810

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