Pedestrian traffic fatalities
correlates with
Industrial robots installed worldwide
r = 0.96997% · 2004-2022
Pedestrian traffic fatalitiesIndustrial robots installed worldwide
These two datasets have a 97% correlation over 2004-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
Pedestrian traffic fatalitiescrashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov ↗
Industrial robots installed worldwideifr.org ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation