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- Canada had 82 road fatalities per million people in 2008, equal to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average. The United States had 123 road fatalities per million people. Iceland had the lowest number with 38 fatalities per million people.
- From 1970 to 2009, the number of road fatalities decreased by 58% in Canada and by 36% in the United States. The number of vehicles more than doubled in both countries.
- In 2009, approximately 96% of drivers of passenger cars wore a seatbelt in Canada, compared with 84% in the United States and 78% in Poland.
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