Originally Posted by
ShropshirePilot
It's very sad but had this been a car accident, everyone would have moved on whether or not the driver was a professional.
To wish the standards of road dangers on the aviation industry would be something of a backwards step in my opinion.
For example in UK -
In the year 2017/18 144 people died in workplace accidents.[1]
It is estimated that in 2012 1,000 people die in road accidents each year while at work.[2]
For reasons unknown we do not include road deaths as workplace deaths.
We demand that the workplace be as safe as practicable however we do not make such demands on the roads. I believe there have been pressures to include At Work road deaths as Work Related deaths which would mean that road deaths at work might be investigated by the HSE. This has been resisted by the voters since as alluded to by the @ShropshirePilot we are happy enough to accept road deaths as a cost of doing business.
[1]
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/fatalinjuries.pdf
[2]
https://worksmart.org.uk/health-advi...e-killed-while