The UK has 2.6 road deaths per 100k people per year. The US has 14.2. The discrepancy is probably mostly driven by this (though the US does also have far lower workplace safety standards).
Part of this is that Americans drive far greater distances, but even adjusted for distance, the US has about twice the deaths per km.
Oh, huh, that's actually a bigger discrepancy than the stats I was looking at (from 2022 for the UK and 2021 for the US, from wikipedia). Looks like the UK is down modestly since then, the US up modestly.
Part of this is that Americans drive far greater distances, but even adjusted for distance, the US has about twice the deaths per km.