Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2012!!!
RIP. I'm wondering whether the frequent serious accidents involving large vehicles is simply due to China's size or whether there really is something to be improved for heavy vehicle drivers.
According to a sourced list on wikipedia on road-related death rates, China actually has a rather moderate amount in comparison to other countries, namely those with poorer infrastructure and traffic systems. For example, China has less deaths per 100,000 automobiles than Russia, though China has twice as much deaths per 100,000 automobiles than the U.S. The worst road-related death rate came from the country of Togo, where over 14,000 people per 100,000 automobiles die per year. There's probably a population and economic reason for that huge statistic, but a much richer and larger nation, Ethiopia, came in second with over 11,000 people per 100,000 automobiles die per year.
A reason why China's automobile fatality rates are so high might actually have to do with their size, not from the statistically probability of eventually having more accidents than other countries, but rather from the coverage each accident gets (also probably have to do with the sheer number of accidents). I honestly haven't heard of automobile accidents in Togo, but I'd suspect it's because most won't echo to my part of the world.
