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[-] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's 27 in mississippi, so only about twice as deadly.

Edit, actually, let's revisit the data. You said 60 per 100000 vehicles, if you shift that to population, the data point I used, it becomes 32. Only slightly more deadly than living in the southern US

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 45 points 9 months ago

I think that says a lot about Mississippi

[-] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Its a pretty similar statistic for most rural states.

Consider that the population is lower but the ratio of people driving is much higher. Less cities, more people have to commute 30-60 minutes, etc.

Part of it is poor infrastructure, yeah(the other southern rural states with similar stats track a better record comparatively based on quality of infrastructure by my own personal anecdote of having driven/lived in them), but it's just predominantly the ratio of drivers to non drivers as the key factor.