That can be scary but there are scarier places in traffic.
Latvia does have a traffic-related death rate (per number of motor vehicles) that is twice as big (24.8) as neighbouring Estonia (11.8), or the United States (12.9), which are about on the same level, or over five times as high as Finland (4.4) somewhat further to the north.
On the other hand it's less than half of that in Russia (53.4), and one-fifth of that in India (130.1). In Ethiopia, the death rate is 200 times as big (4984).
Latvia does have a traffic-related death rate (per number of motor vehicles) that is twice as big (24.8) as neighbouring Estonia (11.8), or the United States (12.9), which are about on the same level, or over five times as high as Finland (4.4) somewhat further to the north.
On the other hand it's less than half of that in Russia (53.4), and one-fifth of that in India (130.1). In Ethiopia, the death rate is 200 times as big (4984).
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