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Do trucks cause more than proportional number of deaths per ton of goods transported over a mile? If you banned all large trucks and used many small ones to transport the same goods, would that be fewer or more deaths?
– gnasher729
Commented Sep 19, 2023 at 6:42
@gnasher729 That is a different question.
– TimRias
Commented Sep 19, 2023 at 8:52
@gnasher729 This is a pointless comparison, the groups being compared here are: pedestrians, cyclist, regular cars and trucks. Of these trucks are the only ones that are transporting goods. Trains and airplanes produce a lot less pedestrian or cyclist fatal accidents but they are not going on roads.
– quarague
Commented Sep 23, 2023 at 17:00
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Some extra points to consider: there might be more cyclists in London than in the UK at large, per mile of road etc. Trucks have to adhere to specific routes and hours in London, but sometimes they don't fitzrovianews.com/2023/05/24/…
– got trolled too much this week
Commented Sep 30, 2023 at 1:56
@quarague One 30 ton truck has as much economic effect as ten vans. So you shouldn’t count the numbers but the effect.
– gnasher729
Commented Oct 3, 2023 at 0:44

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