[kaylynb]

Most people don't realize how dangerous automobiles really are. Accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the US until people get to be 45+ and cancer starts overtaking it. Even in 2020-2021 CDC data that probably has less people driving than usual: https://wisqars.cdc.gov/data/lcd/home. One thing I liked about living in a city was being able to walk to work. I'm reluctant to work anywhere I have to commute because the last few years have likely significantly reduced my chance of accidental death purely due to remote work.

In some ranges it's the leading cause, although overdose deaths sometimes win out. It's kind of absurd that this isn't brought up in articles about remote work. Newspapers run articles about gun violence every day despite it being wwaaaayyyy less likely than dying in an automobile accident, but the far greater danger of commuting is almost never discussed.

[chrismcb]

"one"of. "Accidental" death is there leading cause of death. But that doesn't mean "car accidents" it just means accidents. For the 35-44 rage 22k died from poisoning and 6k died from car accidents. It is still a lot, but not the #1 cause of death. About 42k out of near 3 million deaths are due to car accidents (each year)