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If 0.7% is accurate, then your kid's chances of dying in a car crash for any given year (1 in 93 = 1.07% [1]) is less than your chance of being in a school shooting during your entire childhood!

But the cultural framing (or lack thereof) makes the risk of driving in a car _feel_ like it's completely different

[1] https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-o...



no way does 1 in 93 kids die in a car crash for any given year


Double checking the link, those are lifetime percentages, not annual. Mea culpa




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