Multiply 2.5K per year by 4 to normalize for population. So we are at 10K. Multiply by another 1.6K to normalize for distance driven each year. Fatalities are more correctly compared apple to apple when normalized for distance driven. So we are at 16K. Add 11K which is the numbeof deaths due to DUI and we are at 27K. Close to the 33K number.
The difference between 27K and 33K may be the increased seriousness with which Germans provide licenses and treat driving as an earned privilege, rather that a right which many in the US view it as.
I normalized for DUI since the legal limit is 0.05 in Germany and DUI is viewed as a serious offense. The legal limit in the US is 0.08 and folks that cause DUI deaths are not shunned in the way they would be if they had pulled a gun trigger instead of driving drunk
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Well, I dont have any data about the average distance driven per year/capita.
As to the DUI, those fatalities are included in the 2500 already. And driver who DUI usually dont care if its 0.05 or 0.08, they are way above that. Unfortunately, also here causing a death by DUI is not punished like a homicide.
Its possible that the driver training plays a role, or also the higher age limit (18) to get a licence. I dont know about US statistics, but here the under 25 year old (male in particular) are over represented in causing accidents and deaths, especially due to speeding.