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The Roads Are Quieter Due to Coronavirus, but There Are More Fatal Car Crashes

15 points| lemaudit | 6 years ago |wsj.com | reply

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[+] pravda|6 years ago|reply
With roads empty, I guess the temptation to wind 'er up is strong!

The article says "...fatality rates increased even as total crash deaths declined."

That is confusing to parse. I guess that there are fewer crashes, but a higher percentage are fatal, but even with a higher percentage of crashes being fatal, overall crash deaths declined.

[+] perl4ever|6 years ago|reply
If I take the headline on HN literally, then I can imagine that there are more fatal crashes and fewer fatalities, because more people are driving alone when they crash.
[+] mc32|6 years ago|reply
probably would be better expressed as deaths per million miles travelled.