Until sometime in the early 2000s, the US had fewer traffic fatalities per km traveled than most developed countries. That’s changed. If we’re measuring by road traffic deaths per 100K people, the US is currently ranked 17th out of 29 high-income nations for which data is available.
great news for self-driving cars: humans are getting worse at driving, so the bar is getting lower and lower.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 