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[–] Steve 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Those numbers strike me as very low
Each bar covers 4 years. Are the X axis values per year or total?

As written it should be total.
I'm pretty sure more people than that die while driving and texting.

Probably because so few people actually walk in North America.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, more Americans die from cars while inside of them than outside of them, due simply to the percentage of us who are inside of them. For most of these cities, there probably aren't even 100K people walking outside.