by Walker Angell, Streats MN
The good news is that the trend has indeed continued downward since the number killed peaked in 1972. Nationally, only 33,561 people were killed in 2012 and 2.36 million were injured.
This all sounds pretty good. Until we stop being insular and comparing ourselves to only ourselves.
This chart shows the rate of children under 15 killed by motorists per year averaged over a 5 year period. Bars indicate the number of deaths per 100,000 total population for each country for each year.
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https://streets.mn/2014/03/25/why-are-we-letting-drivers-kill-our-children/