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Originally Posted by sonysnob
What do you base your fatality count statistics on? News articles aren't a reliable source because they aren't statistically significant.
For example, a news outlet is far more likely to report a collision on the 401 through Chatham because a smart news outlet knows that people in the area are upset about the 401 in the area and that will drive people to click/read/watch the news story.
A fatality on a road that is less "renowned" is less likely to get the same media attention because it is less likely to drive people to click/read/watch the news story.
News reports are terrible indicators of statistics.
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Oh yea I'm totally aware of that. The main source of my statistics (and information in general) is from OPP twitter accounts (NWR, NER and ER, especially OPPCommunications).
No wonder sometimes I see OPP tweet about a closure on either 11 or 17 (if not both!) but can't find news on it.
A few days ago, OPP GTA Traffic tweeted about a closure on 400 near 88 due to collision, but I couldn't find any news on it.
In short, media bias is real.
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