Another bit of data from the Private Sector Development Blog entitled The 'global epidemic' of roads:
"Of the 1.2 million people killed and 50 million injured around the world in road traffic crashes, more than 85% of casualties are in low and middle income countries. Road deaths in these countries are forecast to almost double by 2020… "
Those are very large numbers and would raise a great hue and cry if automobiles weren't so useful and deeply ingrained in our lives.
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