Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham wrote about inequality on the road:

• While deaths as a result of traffic accidents have been dropping over the years, the declines have been focused on the most educated.
• For those under 25 the rates of fatalities have actually increased.
• In 1995 deaths from accidents were 2.5 times higher for those at the bottom of the education spectrum compared to those at the top. In 2010 the ratio was 4.3.
• This is because those with less education are likely poorer and thus have older cars without modern safety features like side air bags and rear cameras.
• Poorer areas also have fewer hospitals.
• And poorer residents may not be able to muster the political strength to lobby for road safety features such as crosswalks, speed bumps and stop signs.
• It’s unclear if seat belts or alcohol play a role in the differences.
• This ratio will likely get worse as self-driving autonomous cars will, at first, only be affordable for the rich.

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Source: The Washington Post