The Disturbing Death Disparity on North American Roads [Video]

In a video recently we talked about the bad pedestrian experience in Miami. In response to this video we got some comments telling us to stop complaining. We actually understand this instinctive and emotional reaction people have against strangers coming to their city and criticizing it. But whether or not we should stop complaining, what do the numbers actually say about danger on Miami’s streets?

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References:

Miami-Dade County traffic crash statistics: https://www.flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/crash-dashboard/
City of Toronto traffic fatality statistics: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/road-safety/vision-zero/vision-zero-dashboard/fatalities-vision-zero/
Analysis of traffic fatality rates in US cities (2019) used data from NHTSA FARS (select “Download Raw Data From FTP Site”): https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
Miami-Dade murder rate: https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJAB/UCR/Annual-Reports/UCR-Annual-Archives/County-and-Municipal-Offense-Data/County_and_Municipal_Offense_Report_2019A
Miami-Dade violent crime rate: http://edr.state.fl.us/content/area-profiles/criminal-justice-county/miamidade.pdf
Canadian comparison, Montreal traffic fatalities: https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/blob/saaq/documents/publications/bilan-routier-2019.pdf
Edmonton: https://globalnews.ca/news/6948602/edmonton-traffic-vision-zero-2019/
Ottawa: https://files.ontario.ca/pdf-2_0/mto-orsar-final-2019-en-pdf-2022-08-09.pdf
Surrey (was actually 2018, not 2019): https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/parking-streets-transportation/vision-zero-surrey/what-the-data-tells-us
International traffic fatality statistics: https://data.oecd.org/transport/road-accidents.htm (note that this says “Per 1 000 000 inhabitants”, which appears to be an error; data is per 100,000 residents)