My usual observation on this is that you are more likely to get in an accident on the way to the airport (if driving) than on the aircraft.
Or at any rate, that is my belief. The stats are out there but generally published in "deaths-per-passenger-mile" which is utterly useless.
What someone needs to know is - 30-ish mile journey to the airport - chances of a crash?
[FWIW - get the train, it's very very safe]
Then a flight. Doesn't matter how long, most things go wrong on takeoff and particularly on landing.
And then your journey at the other end. In some destinations, *definitely* the dangerous part of the trip.