Let’s take a moment to think about that. If poorer countries have disproportionately high levels of vehicular death rates, yet have less vehicles on the roads, why are they at higher risk? In addition the WHO states: “Although road traffic injuries have been a leading cause of mortality for many years, most traffic crashes are both predictable and preventable.”(source)
Geez! Then why are they still occurring?! The WHO suggests that a lack of laws and enforcement is mainly to blame. Let’s pause on that for a moment. Regardless of the amount of laws that are in place, if people are lacking resources like safe infrastructure, vehicles with important safety features and so on, then these fatalities will continue to happen. Furthermore, if strict laws were enforced on the car manufacturers, then they will likely find loopholes (as we see in many other circumstances) in order to maintain their cutting edge to maximize profits and stay in the trade game.