Transport accident
(Redirected from
Transport accidents
)A transport accident is any
air transport
. It can refer to:
- a road traffic incident (including vehicle collision, pedestrian–bicycle collisions, pedestrian–pedestrian collisions etc.)
- a marine accident (sailing ship accident, including man overboard)
- railroad accidents (including train wreck)
- an aviation accident and incident
Comparisons
There are three main ways in which risk of fatality of a certain mode of travel can be measured: Deaths per billion typical journeys taken, deaths per billion hours traveled, or deaths per billion kilometers traveled. The following table displays these statistics for the United Kingdom 1990–2000. Note that aviation safety does not include the transportation to the airport.[1][2]
| Type | Deaths per billion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Journeys | Hours | km | |
| Bus | 4.3 | 11.1 | 0.4 |
| Rail | 20 | 30 | 0.6 |
| Van | 20 | 60 | 1.2 |
| Car | 40 | 130 | 3.1 |
| Foot | 40 | 220 | 54.2 |
| Water | 90 | 50 | 2.6 |
| Air | 117 | 30.8 | 0.05 |
| Pedal cycle | 170 | 550 | 44.6 |
| Motorcycle | 1640 | 4840 | 108.9 |
See also
- Category:Lists of motor vehicle deaths by year
- Road traffic safety
- Automotive safety
- Motorcycle safety
- Bicycle safety
- Category:Lists of railway accidents and incidents
- Category:Railway safety
- Marine accident investigation
- Category:Maritime safety
- Aviation safety
References
- ^ The risks of travel Archived September 7, 2001, at the Wayback Machine. The site cites the source as an October 2000 article by Roger Ford in the magazine Modern Railways and based on a DETR survey.
- .