Just a quick reality check.

Traffic deaths, US, 2006, from the CDC:  43,664

Traffic deaths, EU-25, 2005:  41,316

Traffic deathc, EU-25, 2004:  43,404

Sources:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf

http://www.etsc.eu/documents/copy_of_Road%20deaths%20in%20Europe.pdf