Where did you get that figure?
IRTAD put Germany at 9,7 baneities-bvkm in 2003
baneities in 2004 were down by about 10% from 2003 for a rate of 8.4, and down another 7% in 2005 from 2004 for a rate of around 7.7.
The baneity rate on the Autobahn is down again; to about 3-bvkm.
It's actually NONSENSE to compare (just) those numbers. Road environments differ vastly from one country to another and even within countries.
If your object is to keep making roads more safe, then you need to look at the trends in baneity rates; ideally per occupant km, but realistically per vehicle km. That means recording the rates over time and comparing how they change; hopefully by how many percent they are reducing every year.
You then look at the real causes of why people die in crashes. Traffic is a complex, non-linear environment that nobody can control. All that can be done is to manage it.
If you just want to win elections, then you can wave the "comparative" figures about in the air and soothsay a silver bullet.
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