Originally Posted by
myrridin
Your right I missed your chart, sorry.
However, your adjustment is in error.
It calculates the death rate by total population not (licensed and active drivers). Given the similarity of the VMT adjustments, it seems likely that there are far fewer folks on the road in the other nations when compared to the US. For instance, transit ridership is far higher in Europe than the US. If you get fewer drivers per capita, then of course the death rate per capita will be distorted.
Everyone has to get somewhere to do things. Deaths are not limited to only licensed drivers. Non licensed passengers and people outside of vehicles are also killed. If we reduce the numbers of drivers, and that reduction in drivers reduces miles driven, we will reduce total death rates in the US.