Not exactly local news – but this interactive map shows the number of road deaths per 100,000 people in the year 2010.
Move the curssor onto?any country to get the figures. For the UK the figure was 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s still 3.7 too many, but still better than almost anywhere else!? The figure for Germany was 4.7 , USA 11.4, Russia 18.6, Iran 34.1…
hat-tip: Andrew Sullivan