In the article it says Italy has a high death rate due to people speeding. I was curious how it compares to the of the EU. This data is from 2021 though, and apparently numbers today are slightly higher.
Romania: 85 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Bulgaria: 81 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Latvia: 78 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Croatia: 72 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Poland: 59 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Greece: 57 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Hungary: 56 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Lithuania: 52 road deaths per million inhabitants.
Yes we do, but per-capita numbers are useless without figuring in mileage. I drive from the southern tip of Italy to the Italian alps, twice on a round trip, to pick up my kids.
Keep in mind that traffic in the US is simply more dangerous then in Europe. Traffic in the US consist of a large number of pick up trucks which are heavy and not designed to be friendly to other traffic in an accident. There are more factors, but my key takeaway is accidents versus deadly accidents.
Why are they so far away? There is logic to what you're saying, according to this website Americans drive on average twice as far as Italians/Germans etc. so if you scale by that America is still slightly higher but not as bad.