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Transport accident

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A transport accident is any accident or incident that occurs during any type of transportation, including those occurring during road transport, rail transport, marine transport and air transport.[1] It can refer to:

Comparisons 

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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.[2] The following table displays these statistics for the United Kingdom 1990–2000. Note that aviation safety does not include the transportation to the airport.[3][4]

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Archive:Transport accident statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ^ Jennifer Oxley; Bruce Corben; Brian Fildes; Mary O’Hare; Talib Rothengatter (December 12, 2010). "Older Vulnerable Road Users – Measures to Reduce Crash and Injury Risk". Monash University Researcn Accident Centre.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Beck, L. F.; Dellinger, A. M.; O'neil, M. E. (2007). "Motor vehicle crash injury rates by mode of travel, United States: using exposure-based methods to quantify differences". American Journal of Epidemiology. 166 (2): 212–218. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm064. PMID 17449891.