Chances of a plane crash vs car accident?

Question

My cousin is coming here soon, first time flying. I want some solid proof that planes are safe.

Answer 1

there would have to be a 200 passenger airliner crashing every day for the whole year to kill as many people that we do on our roads every year, so yeah flying is safer as you are most likely to get killed on the way to the airport.

Answer 2

Plane Crash Vs Car Crash

Answer 3

Chances Of A Plane Crash

Answer 4

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Chances of a plane crash vs car accident?
My cousin is coming here soon, first time flying. I want some solid proof that planes are safe.

Answer 5

Just for your info there are an annual average of 67 people killed every year from lightning bolts. This is a small number compared to U.S. motor vehicle accidents which has averaged 45,600 a year for the last 20 years. In comparison tornadoes cause an average of 65 deaths each year in the U.S. There are an average of 4,000 deaths each year in the U.S. from fires. The average fatalities from airline accidents in the world has averaged 714 a year for the last 20 years. If you take into account that more than 80% of these deaths were international and not domestic, then you would have an average 142 deaths in the U.S. each year from airline accidents. You should also consider that the majority of airline accidents are military with all the numbers from the world statistics. With 912,000 U.S. auto fatalities from the last 20 years you can easily see that you are far more likley to have a fatal auto accident than an airline accident. In fact you are more likley to die in a fire. Or perhaps nearly the same odds as getting killed by a tornado or a lightning bolt. This information can be found in the World Almanac.

Answer 6

You are more likly to survive a car crash then a plane crash, but there are thousands of more car crashes, if not millions more, then there are plane crashes. Today, I heard of 14 reported accidents in my city, and not one plane crash...When a plane crashes, its usually world news. When a car crashes, its usually just mentioned in the traffic report. planes are safer because of the amounts of crashes compaired to the amount of flights.

Answer 7

Just tell him there hasn't been a major air crash in the US since 2001.

Your chance of being in a car crash is higher since there are 100's of thousands more cars on the road than planes.

If there was exactly the same amount of cars on the road as there are planes in the sky then it would be safer driving.

Answer 8

much more for a car

Answer 9

aviation is the safest form of transport

Answer 10

Solid proof? Geez.