The study might have neglected the difference between the average urban dweller and the average non-urban dweller.
And the difference between the average EV driver and traditional drivers.
Exactly. EV users never go to far and are typically used in far more urban/populated areas.
Pedestrian hits vs miles driven is a lazy stat. Compare two different type cars in urban areas.
Certainly not being able to hear them may have some impact, but I suspect it that big of a deal.
When the city mouse is visiting the country mouse, the country mouse is apt to remind the city mouse's pups to "Look both ways, sometimes there are two cars on the road!"