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It's a bit more complicated than that...
No - the question is does the difference matter? And I'd say that to a first approximation the answer is "no" from the perspective of the ordinary road user - both countries are very safe.)Agreed
But nearly twice as many road deaths in france occurs than in the UK?
So the question is why?
(If you want the answer from the perspective of the public health official, I suspect the answer to your question is a combination of factors, mostly structural: France is a bigger country with larger distances between towns, has a bigger network of minor roads, has toll motorways which means more people use minor roads for longer differences, and has a different attitude to drink-driving.)