The chart in the article is deaths per capita. Deaths per mile driven would be more relevant. Americans drive much more than people in the other countries mentioned (<a href="https://internationalcomparisons.org/environmental/transportation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://internationalcomparisons.org/environmental/transport...</a>), a large part (but not all) of the discrepancy is due to that.
It's a shame this is flagged. It's an interesting challenge for the US to reduce road deaths. Perhaps ome state could lead the way there, or even one city, and show what can be achieved and at what cost to redesign roads.
The article mentions badly designed roads and badly designed cars/SUVs when comparing with the other countries, but nobody talks about the standards regarding examinations and awarding driver's licenses to people.<p>Maybe the countries with lower road fatalities have higher examination standards and don't hand licenses out like flyers or take your license away much easier the moment you mess up.