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[–] Coelacanth@aggregatet.org 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

As far as I know Finland has the world's strictest driving licence, so I'm actually surprised to see it posting worse statistics than Sweden here.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Sweden went insane with road security in the nineties (nollvisionen?) so maybe that's why.

[–] Tobberone@slrpnk.net 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Sweden is as expected. 200-something fatalities for 10 million people. Norway stands out😃

It got me thinking about definitions, though. For Sweden every death during transportation is counted (including busses, heavy trucks and single accidents with a bike), while the definition my 2 minute googling found for Canada said deaths resulting from accidents involving automobiles.

[–] Coelacanth@aggregatet.org 1 points 22 hours ago

The stats are normalised for per 1 million inhabitants are they not?

But your second point is definitely very good. I imagine getting consistent fully comparable numbers from all the various countries isn't easy.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Need to factor in terrain and weather conditions too.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Like should it really count if I was driving uphill in the snow? Absofuckinglutely not.