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Table 4-7
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| Country | 1980 | 1996 |
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| Australia | 3.27 | 1.97 |
| Austria | 2.00 | 1.03 |
| Belgium | 2.40 | 1.36 |
| Denmark | 0.69 | 0.51 |
| Egypt | N | a4.40 |
| Finland | 0.55 | 0.40 |
| France | 13.67 | 8.54 |
| Hong Kong | 0.46 | 0.26 |
| Hungary | 1.63 | 1.11 |
| Iceland | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Ireland | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| Israel | 0.40 | 0.52 |
| Japan | 11.39 | 11.67 |
| Kenya | N | b2.67 |
| Korea, Republic of | 6.45 | 10.09 |
| Morocco | c3.52 | 2.81 |
| Netherlands | 1.97 | 1.18 |
| New Zealand | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Norway | 0.36 | 0.26 |
| Oman | c0.47 | 0.51 |
| Portugal | 2.94 | 2.08 |
| Senegald | 0.47 | 0.79 |
| Spain | 6.52 | 5.48 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.63 | e1.92 |
| Sweden | 0.85 | 0.57 |
| Switzerland | 1.21 | 0.62 |
| Taiwan | c2.72 | 2.99 |
| Turkey | c6.19 | 5.43 |
| United Kingdom | 6.24 | 3.74 |
| United States | 51.10 | 42.07 |
KEY: N = data are nonexistent; OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
NOTE: Not all countries adhere to the rule that counts deaths occurring within 30 days of an event; data for the United States and OECD countries are harmonized.
SOURCES: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics (Geneva, Switzerland: 1998).
National Safety Council, International Accident Facts (Itasca, IL: 1995).
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Road Traffic and Accident Database, 1998, available at www.bast.de/irtad.
U.S.Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1997 (Washington, DC: 1998).