A year average might be misleading too. It would include the aberration of September 11, Despite all these caveats, numbers are a great way to put risk in general perspective, and there is no question that by most metrics, flying is a less risky way to travel than most others.
But wait: just when you thought it was safe to use numbers to put risk in perspective Numbers are not the only way—not even the most important way—we judge what to be afraid of. Risk perception is not just a matter of the facts. It's also a matter of the other things we know e.
And on top of all that, several general characteristics make some risks feel scarier than others. Researchers in psychology like Paul Slovic and Baruch Fischhoff have found that when we have control like when we're driving we're less afraid, and when we don't have control like when we're flying we're more afraid.
Driving, with its sense of control, feels safer. Studies at Cornell and the University of Michigan estimate that between and 1, more people died in motor vehicle crashes from October through December of than during the same three months the year before. Another "feelings factor" that informs our perception of risk is awareness. The more aware of a risk we are, the more concerned about it we are.
Which explains why, when there is a plane crash in the news, flying seems scarier to many of us, even though that one crash hasn't changed the overall statistical risk much. Part carriers, which include unscheduled private and medical aircraft flights, are not included.
Pipelines tracked by the NTSB as a transportation mode transporting natural gas and hazardous liquids accounted for 20 deaths. Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Air Travel Industry. Dean, Kerry M. Study sponsored by Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. Our goal is simple: provide you the most complete information you can about your upcoming travels, purchases, and more.
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. I have always had extremely bad anxiety about flying. I never thought I would fly as long as I lived. I started dating my boyfriend still, but at the time I knew he traveled a lot. I was so scared to fly! I ended up flying out to see him and alone at that! Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Sign up. The study includes passengers, air crew, and anyone killed on the ground in a plane accident.
The types of planes covered by the research are the aircraft used by the vast majority of air passengers around the world. The study did not include small commuter planes, and some smaller turboprop aircraft. It also did not cover accidents involving military flights, training flights, private flights, cargo planes, and helicopters. Air passenger safety was under intense scrutiny in after two crashes in close succession of the Boeing Max aircraft.
Five months later an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, killing , after which the entire Max fleet was grounded.
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