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Old 12-16-2024, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Happydaz View Post
I don’t seem able to find data that shows Florida “is way down the list for traffic fatalities.” All the data I see shows Florida to be in the top 10-20% of all states for fatalities per 100,000 residents or per million miles driven.
Florida ranking in 2022 according to data on the IIHS/HLDI website (no idea who they are):

Total number of deaths: 3rd
Deaths per 100,000 population: 15th
Deaths per 100 million miles driven: 14th

Pretty solidly at the bottom of the top 30%
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