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I don't disagree with you but I don't think deaths per mile is a good way to compare modes of transportation. The car/truck numbers include intra-city miles dri
by Veratyr 10y ago
I don't disagree with you but I don't think deaths per mile is a good way to compare modes of transportation. The car/truck numbers include intra-city miles driven for a start. If you can narrow it down to accidents on interstates I think it'd be better.
- pkaeding 10y agoMy guess is that it wouldn't matter much, since accidents at intra-city speeds are rarely fatal. Accidents on country roads are often fatal though, so maybe that is where the difference would come from (and country driving is not an alternative to flying commercial).
- jacalata 10y ago>In 2014, the most recent year for which vehicle miles traveled data are available, the rate of crash deaths per 100 million miles traveled was 2.4 times higher in rural areas than in urban areas (1.81 in rural areas compared with 0.74 in urban areas). http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/roadway-and-environment/fatalityfacts/roadway-and-environment http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/roadway-and-environment/fa... So you're right, country driving is more dangerous than urban driving, but both are far more dangerous than flying on a per-mile basis.
- pcr0 10y agoI would disagree, as I'm assuming those deaths include pedestrians, who are rarely present in inter-city travel.