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Expresses road deaths both per head of population and per distance travelled, the two standard denominators in road safety statistics.
Road fatality rates
Deaths per 100,000 population = deaths / population x 100,000; deaths per 100 million vehicle km = deaths / vehicle km (millions) x 100
Population rates measure societal burden; distance-based rates measure how safe travel itself is.
A country with high mobility can have a low distance-based rate and still a high population rate.