Despite the dry statistics, people always remain unconvinced and think that the safest way to travel by ground transport. In reality, this is not at all the case, but frequent and terrible plane crashes have stuck in the minds of hundreds of thousands of people. Today there will be another attempt to convince you that the safest way to fly is an airplane.
This is evidenced by the rating: The safest mode of transport according to statistics of 2018.
The rating includes 3 main types of transport: Airplanes, Trains, Cars. The places in the top three are distributed by statistics, as the ratio of deaths to the distance traveled in kilometers.
3. Road transport
This type of transport accounts for the most accidents and deaths. So, taking into account statistical data, mortality in road transport is:
1.5 car drivers or 42 bikers per 160 million kilometers traveled.
Hence one more conclusion: Mortality of motorcycle drivers at 28 times higher than the mortality rate of car drivers.
2. Trains
Rail transport is in second place in terms of safety.
The proportion of railroad deaths is 0.9 passengers per 160 million kilometers.
1. Aircraft
The safest mode of transport is air... Aircraft undergo rigorous pre-flight training, are constantly being modified, and their safety is being enhanced by new developments. According to statistics, the death rate in American civil aviation is 0.6 people per 160 million kilometers, in domestic aviation: 0.7 people for the same 160 million kilometers. The site presents rating of the most dangerous aircraft and the most reliable airlines in Russiawhich you can also familiarize yourself with.