I don't know if your statistics are accurate, but I do agree with your post.
Roundabouts are safe, especially if you use a little common sense. Yes, I do honk at people who do not follow the rules and yield to me when I have the right-of-way, but I have never come close to hitting anyone, probably because I do not expect people to follow the rules.
For example, I often see people driving 3/4 of the way around a roundabout in the outside lane. When I am in the inside lane, I do not drive next to a person in the outside lane, so if they want to go all of the way around the roundabout in the outside lane, I let them.
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