Comments on: Driving or Flying? Plane vs. Car Accident Statistics

By: mark

mark — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:30:46 +0000

Don’t fly low, fill your tanks,and only fly with blue sky. Breaking those rules account for over 90%
of GA accidents. OK, I made that up , but its a real lot.

By: Meeting Pilots - Page 2 - Airline Pilot Central Forums

Meeting Pilots - Page 2 - Airline Pilot Central Forums — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:52:58 +0000

[...] One is far more likely to die while driving in a car than flying in an airplane. Actually, I think one of the most dangerous things most humans do is drive a car. Take your pick of statistics, here's one I just googled. Driving or Flying? Plane vs. Car Accident Statistics | all crash of the world [...]

By: kjsa

kjsa — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:02:59 +0000

how did u get that average speed of 150 mph for a max cursing speed for large a/c of 590 mph and a Cessna cruising at 132…where did you learn your math??
this is all bullshit

By: gbmd

gbmd — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:33:33 +0000

I have personally lost 5 friends in car accidents and no one to a aircraft. Pilots have to go thru extensive training and the car drivers don’t and get drunk in a lot of the cases.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:49:14 +0000

I love when people THINK they know how to accurately use statistics… you would fall into this cateogory

By: I want one of these… « Two Badgers in Beantown

I want one of these… « Two Badgers in Beantown — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:57:32 +0000

[...] the inherent risks to automobile travel (I’m always telling Claire that there’s a lot less to be afraid of in a plane than in a car; but I do get it that statistics alone don’t make it less scary–but I digress), the [...]

By: jay

jay — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:26:34 +0000

I read up on some small plane crashes and many of them have been involving a plane flying to low crashing into electrical towers and such.

But still it is very high some people crash cars over road rage and such…

driving: 1.32 fatal accidents and 1.47 fatalities per 100 million miles

airlines: .05 fatal accidents and 1.57 fatalities per 100 million miles

GA: 7.46 fatal accidents and 13.1 fatalities per 100 million miles

I wish it was more safe cause I’d like to get a plane myself since i sometimes work far away from my home and i hate driving 12 hours straight.