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Traffic’s toll: road accidents kill 700 people a day in China
South China Morning Post ^ | 24 May 2016

Posted on 05/25/2016 2:23:31 PM PDT by Lorianne

More than 700 people are killed in road accidents across China every day, according to the World Health Organisation.

The WHO estimates that traffic accident claim about 260,000 deaths on the mainland each year, of which with 60 per cent are vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.

China’s drive for better road safety is starting to pay dividends but it still has a way to go(

The increasing use of electric bikes in urban areas in China for courier delivering has become a new concern for road safety with the development of e-business, experts admit.

He Yong, deputy president of the research institute of highways at the Ministry of Transportation, said the central government was considering whether to categorise e-bikes as bicycles or vehicles, where different rules will apply.

“But banning e-bikes is not be the answer,” He said. Rather, reining in bad drivers should be the main priority.

The Geneva-based UN body said traffic accidents were among the top 10 causes of death in the world and the leading cause of death for people aged from 15 to 29.

Crackdown on unlicensed delivery vehicles in Chinese boom city creates major logistics headache

Worldwide, some 1.25 million people die and another 20 million to 50 million are injured every year on the road.

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To: The Continental Op

Here’s some data as of a few years ago.

US has over 800 cars per 1000 people. China has less then 100.
Makes their death rate even worse.


21 posted on 05/25/2016 3:19:39 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Lorianne

The Russians are pretty bad too. From what I’ve seen on youtube, the favorite manuever for Russian drivers is making a left turn from the far right lane, crossing all 4 lanes and inevitably getting T boned.

CC


22 posted on 05/25/2016 3:44:00 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Lorianne

As Hillary would say, “Just some bumps in the road (i.e. population)”. “What difference does it make”?


23 posted on 05/25/2016 3:56:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Lorianne

Crunch all you want, we’ll make more.


24 posted on 05/25/2016 3:58:30 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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On average in 2012, 92 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day,
in 30,800 fatal crashes during the year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year


25 posted on 05/25/2016 4:08:23 PM PDT by deport
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To: Lorianne

How can we up that number?


26 posted on 05/25/2016 5:34:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

>>Here we all grew up with cars

Worth repeating.

And further, many of us are old enough that when young, we were standing in the back seat, legs astride the driveshaft hump, arms over the middle of the front bench seat, with a great view of the proceedings while mom or dad motored along. This made the transition to driver much easier.


27 posted on 05/25/2016 5:34:57 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Would be cheaper here too. Killing by car here always gets less time than with a hand weapon.


28 posted on 05/25/2016 5:36:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: The Continental Op
True, but you have to figure in how many cars there are. I’m guessing—700. LOL

ROR

29 posted on 05/25/2016 7:56:09 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: Always A Marine

That took me a minute!


30 posted on 05/25/2016 9:06:52 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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