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similar to the recent US version http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3295856

Wow, US interstates are simply paved with death.

From what I can see, it's not just speed that kills but people-interacting-with-people at speed that kills.

Because the 50-60mph backroads seem to have low death rates.

Yes, with a death toll around 50k per year for decades, concentrated in the populous, urban areas, that's about right. If there were a little roadside symbol at the spot for each person who ever died, many areas would look like a forest. I look to self-driving cars to save us from this.

"paved with death" indeed. I want to see a U.S. deaths due to terrorist attacks map plot to see how sparse that would be by comparison - 911 excepted.

I think you'd find that the number of people killed on US roads would exceed the number of dead from 9/11 in a little over 2 months.

Time for the war on driving / vehicle accidents?

time to put money and effort where it will make the biggest impact.

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