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No definitely safer per hour. "In 2022, the fatality rate for people traveling by air was . 003 deaths per 100 million miles traveled. The death rate people in
by mmiyer 2y ago
No definitely safer per hour. "In 2022, the fatality rate for people traveling by air was . 003 deaths per 100 million miles traveled. The death rate people in passenger cars and trucks on US highways was 0.57 per 100 million miles." [1]
Adjusting for a speed difference of 10x it's 0.03 for planes and 0.57 for cars. Which makes sense - it's pretty easy to crash a car, and much harder to crash a plane (there's not much to crash into in the air).
1. https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/ https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/
- NotYourLawyer 2y agoHuh, interesting.