Andrew I picked two local countries, two large economies, and a couple of countries with low rates.
Germany was included because its rate is lower than ours despite higher speed limits. The WHO document did not give rates per 100,000 km.
You wrote "My daughter-in-law is probably in more danger commuting between Picton and Canberra on a multilane divided road."
That is not true if she is a careful driver.
The biggest killer on NSW roads is head on collisions where the vehicles are not overtaking. The risk of this is low on multilane roads.
If you take care when you cross the road there is a low risk of you being a dead pedestrian.
If you are a careful driver there is a low risk of your being involved in a single vehicle crash.
The main risk for a careful pedestrian and careful driver is a multi-vehicle crash.
In 2004 in NSW 222 people died in multi-vehicle (2 or more vehicles) crashes including 99 in head on collisions where the vehicles were not overtaking.
The next biggest multi-vehicle killer was right hand turns which killed 38 out of 222 people.
The third biggest multi-vehicle killer was rear end crashes which killed 15 out of 222 people.
Heavy vehicles were involved in 119 (54%) of those 222 deaths.
This is an example of of heavy vehicle head on.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/paren...1228-lhbh.html