General Road and Highway Discussion

[NotStan]

It seems odd to compare with Sweden.  Wouldn't it make more sense to compare with London (similar population) or Ontario or Canada.   Sweden just seems random or is it somehow the gold standard for traffic comparisons.

Sweden initiated the Vision Zero concept in 1997, so they have the most experience with it, and the chart shows a significant drop in fatalities. I believe that's the rationale for referring to the Swedish data. Comparing on region's regional roads only to an entire country is not really an apples-to-apples comparison, though.

The Swedish data is available from the Swedish statistics agency:
https://www.trafa.se/en/road-traffic/roa...-injuries/

Thanks for putting this in context