The article says India has 1% of cars globally, but otherwise doesn’t list any other stats for context. Miles driven would be nice to know, but total population isn’t helpful since a country can be very populous but have very few cars and that would skew things
I find them referencing the number of cars as very suspect. I know from other studies that the majority of road deaths in India involve passenger busses. There are far more people travelling by bus than private car. And when a bus crashes it is a much larger incident. After the busses are all the two-wheeled vehicle crashes. So them talking about car statistics, which are a minority on most Indian roads, seems out of place.
It’s a good point, but it’s people that die, not cars. Pedestrians, scooter drivers and bus passengers are going to make up a portion of the deaths too.
