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Old 12th January 2011 | 16:05
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Safety Concerns
 
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hotel mode. The statistic I posted was obtained from the UK dept for transport.

So a government publishing rates per journey. By now it should be falling into place.

A small quote

The most accurate method is to compare the number of deaths with the number of journeys made. So accurate, in fact, that this is the measure used by the industry and its insurers. This makes much more sense, because what matters to the individual is the journey, not how long it took or how far it went. Also, it enables comparison of different types of jet, both long haul and short haul.

By this measure, air travel takes on a rather different complexion. Deaths per 100 million passenger journeys are, on average, 12 for airliners compared with 3 for cars, and 2.7 for trains. Only motorbikes, at 100 deaths per 100 million passenger journeys, are more risky than aircraft on this basis.

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