Design:

I wanted to put annual traffic deaths into the context of other accidents and disasters. For example, the all-time worst aviation disaster caused 583 deaths which is a little less than 3.8 hours of average global traffic deaths. The range of values is huge and I didn't want to simply use a logarithmic scale on a bar chart, so I used this style which I've seen elsewhere on the sub a few times. If anyone knows what this kind of visualization is called, please let me know.

Notes:

All death counts rounded to nearest square.

When sources state a range, the maximum deaths are used.

Tools:

Draw.io

Sources:

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565684

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_avalanches_by_death_toll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costly_or_deadly_hailstorms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pacific_hurricanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornadoes_causing_100_or_more_deaths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foodborne_illness_outbreaks_by_death_toll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanic_eruptions_by_death_toll