[ranko]

Some data; traffic-related deaths per 100,000 population:

US (2018 figures): 12.4

France: (2019): 5

Of course this neglects many confounding variables, but a factor of nearly 2.5 is quite large.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

[i_am_proteus]

You'd probably be better off comparing the deaths per billion vehicle-km (7.3 for the states and 5.8 for the French).

Figure that it's the bit about traveling in the vehicle that bears the risk, not just being a person in the country.