Culture of Road Safety: The Best and Worst Drivers
Road culture is the behavior that a person has when using public roads, regardless of their mode of transportation. However, considering factors such as infrastructure, high levels of traffic, or driving laws, it is not perceived in the same way in all countries.
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To analyze this dynamic in more depth, insurance experts from the Compare the market platform carried out a classification with the 50 countries with the best and worst drivers.
In this sense, the firm took into account different factors to make the ranking, including: traffic index; road quality; speed and blood alcohol limits; and the number of traffic-related deaths.
Once the data was collected, each factor was assigned a score between 0 and 1. The scores were then added up to give each country a total score out of 5.
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The Best Ranked
According to the ranking, Japan is the country that takes the title as 'home of the world's best drivers', with a total score of 4.57. This is explained by having one of the lowest allowed blood alcohol levels, as well as having the fourth highest road quality level.
This makes it a safe place not only for driving, but also for being a pedestrian.
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Following Japan, the Netherlands and Norway occupy the second and third positions, with scores of 4.0 and 3.99 respectively. Both places are characterized by the quality of their road networks, low levels of traffic, and their safety.
In the case of Norway, it also ranks first in the fewest deaths from traffic injuries, with 2 per 100,000.
The rest of the top 10 is made up of Estonia (3.91), Sweden (3.9), Austria (3.87), Switzerland (3.5), Spain (3.75), Singapore (3.65), and Portugal (3.65).
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Where Are the Worst Drivers?
Thailand tops the list with a score of 2.17. Its position is due to having the highest number of deaths from tragic traffic injuries, with 32 per 100,000 people.
Peru takes second place with a total score of 2.28. The Latin American country reports the highest level of traffic and ranks fourth in terms of nations with the worst road quality.
Lebanon (2.28), India (2.34), and Malaysia (2.40) complete the top five positions.
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Other Latin American countries that made it into the list of worst drivers are Argentina (2.40) and Brazil (2.65) in sixth and tenth place, respectively.
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