• astraeus@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    Plane and train deaths are much, much lower than car deaths, even if you start from their inventions to present.

    The death rate per 100 million passenger miles for passenger vehicles increased for the second consecutive year, increasing 1.8% to 0.57 in 2021. Passenger vehicles are by far the most dangerous motorized transportation option compared. Over the last 10 years, passenger vehicle death rate per 100,000,000 passenger miles was over 20 times higher than for buses, 17 times higher than for passenger trains, and 595 times higher than for scheduled airlines. Other comparisons are possible based on passenger trips, vehicle miles, or vehicle trips, but passenger miles is the most commonly used basis for comparing the safety of various modes of travel.

    Source: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/deaths-by-transportation-mode

    • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
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      9 months ago

      Yes, that’s what I wrote, but thank you for finding a source to back it up.