Road Deaths Across the USA

[Zmapper]

From Streetsblog DC,

Over 30,000 die on US streets and highways every year. ITO, a British research firm, created a US map of all road deaths from 2001-09.

http://map.itoworld.com/road-casualties-usa#

Looking over the information, it is staggering to put road deaths in a geo-spacial format. While "cool" may not be the most appropriate word to use here, it is amazing in ways. I had no idea, but am honestly not surprised, that the worst pedestrian hot-spot in Fort Collins is College Ave north of Drake.

West of the Mississippi, the map can be used to construct a rudimentary road map of the Western United States. Notice that the Interstates appear thicker than US or State highways. Anyone else notice interesting patterns?

[xonhulu]

Man, after seeing that map I'm staying on this side of the Mississippi!  The east is a death zone!

[corco]

It would be interesting to see that data weighted against population density- I'll work on that right now (damn, it doesn't look like the data was geocoded by FHWA, so those bastards would have to do it)

Weighted against pop density would be a heck of a lot more meaningful- right now it looks like pretty much every national map that has to do with counting transportation related things- the east is a big blob and the west follows the interstates

[Alps]

More than anything, you're looking at a chart of VMT...