i hate being in a traffic collision
I do too! They're very scary, often resulting in injury, death, and property damage.
very true, i hate them too
It's fortunate that almost all high-income countries have decreasing death rates from traffic collisions! Increasing safety measures really make it a lot less scary to drive.
oh wow i never knew that
death rates due to traffic collisions. Middle-income countries have the highest rate with 20 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, accounting for 80% of all road fatalities with 52% of all vehicles. While the death rate in Africa is the highest (24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), the lowest rate is to be found in Europe (10.3 per 100,000 inhabitants).
Terminology.
Traffic collisions can be classified by general types. Types of collision include head-on, road departure, rear-end, side collisions,
and behavior, notably distracted driving, speeding and street racing. Worldwide, motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved.
In 2013, 54 million people worldwide sustained injuries from traffic collisions. This resulted in 1.4 million deaths in 2013, up from 1.1 million deaths in 1990. About 68,000 of these occurred in children less than five years old. Almost all high-income countries have decreasing death rates, while the majority of low-income countries have increasing