Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
As deputy jones points out, and has been pointed out, ad infinitum, the statistical manipulators only address total numbers of crashes while ignoring the importance of considering the varying crash severities. Such bogus risk analysis results in conclusions that are worth less than total ignorance of the subject.
Has anyone done this with mortalities? Generally, that data is much better.
-G
EDIT: It is pretty hard to fake a mortality. And I get the sense that police/traffic reports for such incidents are taken much more seriously.