Is NHTSA/DOT, EPA, NTSB etc going to take credit dor the worldwide trend?

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Is NHTSA/DOT, EPA, NTSB etc going to take credit dor the worldwide trend?


ROAD DEATHS DECLINE WORLDWIDE: Data published by an international transportation group revealed Britain has the lowest road death tally of 33 countries surveyed, topping the charts with just 3.8 deaths per 100,000 population, and the declining global fatality rate has been heralded as “a record decade for road safety.”
The United Kingdom joins the Netherlands and Sweden as the countries with the safest roads, according to the report published by the Paris-based International Transport Forum, while Malaysia , Argentina and Greece rated highest of the 33 countries detailed in the survey. The United States ranked 27th with a traffic fatality rate of 11.1, nearly three times higher than the UK .
Further data from the survey revealed motorists are least likely to be killed on Swedish, UK and Swiss roads, while the chances of being involved in a fatal crash were highest in Korea , the Czech Republic and Malaysia .
The report found motorcycle accidents in the UK were down 23%, despite a 45% increase in the number of motorcycles on the road.
Figures for motorcycles figured badly in the worldwide survey, however, with huge rises in fatal crashes in Finland and Slovenia . On the flipside, bike-related deaths dropped significantly in Portugal and Korea .
The report found motorcycle deaths were on the rise in many developing countries. "These increases are only partly explained by the rise in the number of motorcycles," said Veronique Feypell-de La Beaumelle, ITF road safety expert.
ITF Secretary General Jack Short hailed the overall figures as "a record decade for road safety," adding: "Reducing fatalities around the world will be accelerated by rapid and effective transfer of knowledge, good practice and information from the best performing countries."

Road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2009: Malaysia - 23.8; Argentina - 18.4; Greece - 13.8; Cambodia - 12.6; Korea - 12.0; Poland - 12.0; US - 11.1; Lithuania - 11.0; New Zealand - 8.9; Belgium - 8.9; Czech Rep - 8.6; Slovenia - 8.4; Hungary - 8.2; Portugal - 7.9; Italy - 7.9; Austria - 7.6; Luxembourg - 7.2; Australia - 6.9; France - 6.9; Canada - 6.3; Spain - 5.9; Denmark - 5.5; Ireland - 5.4; Iceland - 5.3; Finland - 5.3; Germany - 5.1; Japan - 4.5; Switzerland - 4.5; Norway - 4.4; Israel - 4.2; Sweden - 3.9; Netherlands - 3.9; UK - 3.8