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Check out these charts: Injured persons by transportation mode: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_s

by rplst8 10y ago

Check out these charts: Injured persons by transportation mode: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_02_02.html http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/pub... Total Accidents by mode: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_02_03.html http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/pub... Rates for Air fatalities: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_02_09.html http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/pub... Rate for Vehicle fatalities. http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_02_17.html http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/pub... The two key numbers here I think are: Fatality Rate per 100 million vehicle-miles: 1.10 (2013) and Fatality Rate per 100 million aircraft-miles: 0.117 (2013) The 10 year averages for both of those respectively are 1.254 and 0.189.

mikeash 10y ago
What's your point? These numbers agree with me. If you're still arguing that airlines would still be 100x (or 10x) safer in the face of monthly fatal crashes, these numbers do not support that at all. If you're merely arguing that airlines as they actually are today are 10x safer than driving, that is clearly true and a vast understatement, but I never said otherwise.