Many of the same safety arguments could be applied to SE IFR, and frequently are to SE over water, or even over mountains. You pay your money and take your choice; CPL's flying ME kit aren't a good measuring stick - they have the big toys, and quite frankly I'd suggest there's a little bit of willy waving and sensationalism going on - I'm quite sure most people would rather have a big comfortable twin at most times.
I don't think so
Twins run out of fuel often enough, and because they cost so much to run and maintain, and because most of those flying are so old, most of them are pretty knackered.
In flying, you should always have an
escape route.
Over land, it is a forced landing (daytime).
Over water, it is a life raft (ok we know few people carry one because they cost £1000+ but that is not the point)
At night, you don't have an escape route (unless you have NVGs and know how to use them
).
That's why I don't normally fly at night. When I do I have no problem with it but one has to treat it as IMC. Especially "FAA night" which is sunset+1hr for the purpose of logging the 3+3 for passenger carriage.