Quick math on plane vs car safety

shdw01 · May 23, 2016

Someone help me out here. I know the odds of someone dying in a plane is less than a car.

But i'm trying to explain to someone that there is a much higher % you will be in a car crash than a plane crash. The odds are hard to explain because we probably have 1,000 auto trips to 1 plane flight

PatsFan1283 · May 23, 2016

There no quick math if you are looking for an equation. Everyone has different car usage.

About 35-40k people a year die in car accidents. Hundreds of thousands hurt badly. A few million probably need some medical consultation.

Not that many people die in plane crashes.

weezyfbaby · May 23, 2016

And probably 100,000 auto crashes for every plane crash

mountain · May 23, 2016

shdw01 said:
Someone help me out here. I know the odds of someone dying in a plane is less than a car.

But i'm trying to explain to someone that there is a much higher % you will be in a car crash than a plane crash. The odds are hard to explain because we probably have 1,000 auto trips to 1 plane flight

This will help:

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/air-travel-safer-car-travel-1581.html

shdw01 · May 23, 2016

I bet % of crashes is much higher for planes than automobiles

PatsFan1283 · May 23, 2016

Not even close.

Average person gets into 4-5 car accidents in their lifetime. You just don't instantly die when it happens, which is good.

shdw01 · May 24, 2016

I'm not talking about death rates....I'm talking about accident rates

obv a plane has an astronomically higher rate of death upon a crash than a car

HacheMan · May 24, 2016

At least in a car, on the ground, you have a chance of survival.

Plane goes down kiss your azz goodbye.

That's the only equation that matters...

Bourn · May 24, 2016

Despite big-budget Hollywood films' depictions of plane crashes, flying is actually the safest mode of transportation. In fact, the odds of a plane crash are one for every 1.2 million flights, with odds of dying one in 11 million. Your chances of dying in a car or traffic accident are one in 5,000

Betallsports · May 24, 2016

Hache Man said:
At least in a car, on the ground, you have a chance of survival.

Plane goes down kiss your azz goodbye.

That's the only equation that matters...

+1

Betallsports · May 24, 2016

I Fly a lot .... But that's in a commercial Airliner ...

Now talk about these Small 4-10 seat planes that have been going down lately ...

Was talking to some friends a couple of weeks ago, and they are planning a trip to nantucket this Summer.
they kept on saying we will take a small plane there ... I told them i would meet you guys up there.

Not going in a small plane ... just not happening !

Bourn · May 24, 2016

Betallsports said:
I Fly a lot .... But that's in a commercial Airliner ...

Now talk about these Small 4-10 seat planes that have been going down lately ...

Was talking to some friends a couple of weeks ago, and they are planning a trip to nantucket this Summer.
they kept on saying we will take a small plane there ... I told them i would meet you guys up there.

Not going in a small plane ... just not happening !

I agree. That's just not smart.

PatsFan1283 · May 24, 2016

shdw01 said:
I bet % of crashes is much higher for planes than automobiles

What does this even mean?

honzie · May 24, 2016

It's not even close, air travel much safer. People are not aware of how many people are up in the sky in a given minute... fwiw, I think the number i saw was like 700, 000 around the world.
I'm guessing for those who want to fly into ACK they must have the $$$ - so it beats doing the double ferry thing,at least I think NYC to ack requires a second boat. Montauk pt. may still have the single ferry to either Marthas or Nant.

honzie · May 24, 2016

Betallsports said:
I Fly a lot .... But that's in a commercial Airliner ...

Now talk about these Small 4-10 seat planes that have been going down lately ...

Was talking to some friends a couple of weeks ago, and they are planning a trip to nantucket this Summer.
they kept on saying we will take a small plane there ... I told them i would meet you guys up there.

Not going in a small plane ... just not happening !

Mechanically, less can go wrong in a smaller plane so safer than commercial. Just hope the pilots are sober.

pocketrockets · May 24, 2016

honzie said:
Mechanically, less can go wrong in a smaller plane so safer than commercial. Just hope the pilots are sober.

Aren't small planes more vulnerable to wind currents? Less stable?

Acebb · May 24, 2016

honzie said:
Mechanically, less can go wrong in a smaller plane so safer than commercial. Just hope the pilots are sober.

This is not at all true.

Small planes crash much more often.

PatsFanatic · May 24, 2016

Betallsports said:
I Fly a lot .... But that's in a commercial Airliner ...

Now talk about these Small 4-10 seat planes that have been going down lately ...

Was talking to some friends a couple of weeks ago, and they are planning a trip to nantucket this Summer.
they kept on saying we will take a small plane there ... I told them i would meet you guys up there.

Not going in a small plane ... just not happening !

Its how we lost JFK Jr.

Flying from NY/New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard.

pocketrockets · May 24, 2016

PatsFanatic said:
Its how we lost JFK Jr.

Flying from NY/New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard.

His plane was fucked with.

Acebb · May 24, 2016

I'm not sure where people are getting these statistics, but your chance of dying in a (commercial) plane crash is much greater than 1 in 11 million.

It is something along the lines of 1 in several hundred million.

There are more than 850 million people flying into & out of the US every year. The last time a commercial airliner crashed was July 2013 (Asiana flight 213) and only 3 people died.

Do the math.