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		pmontra on Feb 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India accounts for 11 per cent of global death in ... The article starts with > With only 1 per cent of the world's vehicles, India accounts for 11 per cent of the global death in road accidents so it's 11 times higher than expected.

throwawaysea on Feb 14, 2021 [–]

The road accidents figure likely includes pedestrians, and in the least it includes people in tuk tuk/rickshaws, scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, etc. these aren’t roads with a high frequency of cars hitting cars at high speeds.

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