Seriously? Just in France, diesel emissions kill 42,000 persons every year [0]. In California, they kill at 1,500 to 2,400 people a year [1].
It might be possible that these estimations rely on measurements communicated by the manufacturers (i.e underestimated by 40x)!
[0] http://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2013/03/02/diesel-42000-...