We're all concentrating on deaths here.....but i'd venture to suggest that the premature end of a car-journey happens at a much lower speed than that of a prematurely-terminated flight
Serious injury can be , arguably, worse than a quick,clean departure from the mortal coil.
I flew BEA some 40 years ago...they called it a Viscount , I suspected it was a civilian-equipped Vimy.
I flew Ryan a couple of years ago,- shiny spaceship oozing newness.
Always felt safe, from Auster in the late 50's (pleasure-flight over water from Butlin's to Clacton Pier and back, grass strip and not even a caravan ,iirc....... to the professional,timely,well managed RYR trips liverpool -Limoges return.
UK LCC's are, IMHO, much better value and every bit as safe as the legacy carriers who are hidebound by unions and archaic practices which lead to expense and inefficiency.