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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by daw617
If we look at the US, say, I suspect more people die each month in automobile accidents than have died due to terrorist attacks during the entire history of the US.
In the US, each year there are about 40,000 deaths per year in automobile accidents, so per month that's about 3,000 to 3,500, or a bit more than 9/11 and the Oklahoma city bombing combined.
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