There were 294 motor vehicle fatalities in NYC in 2013.
The US has been averaging about ~32,000 motor vehicle deaths per year the last several years.
Your 12/10000 rate would indicate 360,000 people per year; that's off by a factor of ten.
* http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013nyc.pdf
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...
There were 294 motor vehicle fatalities in NYC in 2013.
The US has been averaging about ~32,000 motor vehicle deaths per year the last several years.
Your 12/10000 rate would indicate 360,000 people per year; that's off by a factor of ten.
* http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013nyc.pdf
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...