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:
- 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
editThere 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archive:Transport accident statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.