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https://xcancel.com/NaqiyNY/status/1857562303228448998#m <-good thread with other cities as well

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

The subway system had 1.15 billion paid rides in 2023. 12 deaths across five years is 2.4 deaths a year, so roughly 2.5 deaths per billion rides. But noooo, everyone gotta be scared of the subway system because they saw a few more homeless people on it than before COVID.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Honestly more transit homicides than I expected. But I suppose it would be expected given the ridership numbers are insanely high.

[–] GarfieldOfficial@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Maybe it includes at the stations/stops? I’ve seen a few brawls and I’m in a smaller city than nyc

[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Half of all public transit passenger miles each day pre-COVID in the US were in NYC.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is it possible to cause a car fatal accident (for driver and/or passengers) in densely populated Manhattan? Scary.

[–] chickentendrils@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

More vehicle malfunction and backing up deaths than elsewhere in the country, there's some highways that run through it and then of course alcohol and other intoxicants.

8600 of the 100,508 car accidents in NYC involved a pedestrian in 2022. These accidents resulted in 8484 injuries and 116 deaths. (Forbes)

It's crazy how dangerous these things are. NYC is big and it looks like in Manhattan it is a little rarer but 100K accidents in a year that were reported is bonkers.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Jesus Christ I was just comparing NY to London for the same stats. Over 4x fewer accidents (23,000 per year) in London despite the same population

That's some seriously, seriously shitty driving when you consider Londoners are by far the worst drivers in the UK

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

If your country's driving test basically involves pulling up to a fast-food drive thru and berating the minimum wage workers for forgetting your mayo, it's definitely possible