Does the fact that more people have died in cars than helicopters over any given period mean that they are more dangerous? Not necessarily. Why? Because there are proportionately a lot more cars around, and as a percentage of those cars the likelihood of dying in one is actually comparatively small, there is a greater chance that if you get in a helicopter that you will die although less people die in them than cars.
Based on that argument, crossing the roads should be one of the safest things we can do.
Reported road accidents and casualties: 1950-2010
Of course those figures still don't show us how many people per year cross the road
