The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles. For driving, the rate was 150 per 10 billion vehicle-miles: 750 times higher per mile than for flying in a commercial airplane.
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Safest mode of travel strikes again
If you say so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...
I'll take 1:750 odds.
Per mile is a bad metric, why don’t you calculate per trip?
Not until you tell us why it is a bad metric.