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submitted 2 days ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] ObM@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I’d love to see that normalised to how many of each vehicle type are in use aver the same time.

Initially, I see that and think trucks are less deadly than cars, but according to my brief Google search (https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/donnees-sur-le-parc-automobile-francais-au-1er-janvier-2024), there are 5x more cars than trucks, which puts them [trucks] over the top of cars in every category.

I guess that doesn’t really matter to the pedestrian. It still sucks to be killed by either.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A better measure is to normalise by kilometres driven rather than number of vehicles.

[–] ObM@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Sure! Scooters could be lethal!