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Open Source Mapping Software Shows Every Traffic Death On Earth

Posted by timothy on from the dashed-line-shows-leaper's-path dept.

cartechboy writes "Traffic deaths are set to outpace AIDS/HIV and malaria in the developing world, so the UN is trying to change that perception. This shocking open source, interactive map of crash data from the Pulitzer Center ought to help. It's grisly, but very informative. The mapping was produced by Pulitzer Center journalists using open source mapping technology from Mapbox. Compare the U.S. fatality rate of 11.4 per 100,000 to that of other nations, like the Dominican Republic, Iran, and Thailand and see how people were traveling when when killed (car, bicycle, etc)."

2 of 322 comments (clear)

  1. Disappointing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was expecting a map pinpointing where every death occurred, instead we have a a funny interface to a list of ~30 countries with the # of death per 100k people.

  2. Re:How about deaths per mile traveled? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For example, the US rate of 1.1 per 100M miles

    Interestingly, if you hop in your car and drive a mile to buy a Powerball lottery ticket, you are more likely to be killed in a wreck than to win the jackpot.