According to statistics, the safest way to travel. The safest transport
An upcoming trip to another city or a trip to the sea makes people think about which mode of transport to prefer. And here, some will choose a train, believing that it is safer, while others will fly by plane, spending less time moving. What type of transport is actually considered the safest?
Public opinion
Opinion polls conducted over the past few years tend to show the same results. Of all types of transport, passengers consider the train the safest.
The plane is ranked among the most dangerous. Opinions about car rides were roughly evenly divided. With regard to maritime transport, the public tends to classify it rather as a safe mode of travel. But this is only the opinion of passengers who hardly study the statistics of accidents, disasters and fatalities associated with them.
What does the statistics say?
If people prioritize airplanes as the most dangerous way to travel, then the statistics say quite the opposite. The statistics are compiled in such a way that mortality is taken as a basis (the number dead people) for 160,000,000 km of distance traveled. So when flying, this parameter is only 0.6-0.7 people. Railway transport is ranked second in terms of safety - the death rate per 160,000,000 km of track is 0.9 people. The death toll in road traffic accidents is 1.6 people. Therefore, we can conclude that an airplane is the safest form of transport, and road transport is recognized as the most dangerous.
If you still doubt that flying is less dangerous than driving by car, then here are some more facts In 2014, there were several plane crashes in the world that claimed 884 lives. And in our country alone, in the first six months of 2014, more than 10,000 people died in car accidents. So what kind of transportation would be safer? The answer is still obvious. Therefore, before the trip, it is worth weighing all the pros and cons, giving preference to one or another type of transport. And to get rid of the fear of flying (if anyone has any), here are some aviation facts.
1) An aircraft lands every three seconds in the world.
2) Dies from donkeys more people than in plane crashes.
3) If the chance of a daily catastrophe is at least 0.01 percent, then at least 13 planes should fall in a day.
4) A plane crash cannot be an accident - it is always a combination of some factors.
5) Before each flight, the aircraft undergoes a rigorous inspection and a complex technical condition check.
6) Over 80 percent of people on our planet are afraid to fly on airplanes, and 5 percent categorically refuse to do it, preferring trains or ships.
7) The plane cannot fall from a height of 10,000 km, as many fear. There is a lot of pressure under the wings of an airplane, so it stays in the air in the same way as a car on asphalt.
8) Russian pilots do not drink at the controls - this is a fiction of those people who are very afraid of flying.
Reading these facts, perhaps, will help reduce aerophobia. However, they are unlikely to be able to help those five percent of people who do not want to board the plane at all under any pretext.
The higher the level of development of logistics, the big role in obtaining high-quality information about the problems of transport enterprises and assessing the results of their activities, statistics of transport modes plays. Processing data by industry allows you to develop recommendations for reducing the cost of transportation, improving transport safety and making forecasts of costs for the further development of logistics systems.
Modes of transport and principles for determining their safety
Transport statistics divide it into two groups. By service sector:
- public use;
- special purpose;
- personal use.
By environment of use:
- ground (wheeled and rail);
- underground (metro);
- air;
- space;
- water and underwater;
- pipeline.
Each of the listed groups has its own subgroups. The safest mode of transport is determined by statistics in three ways:
- By mileage.
- By the number of trips.
- By travel time.
Each agency has its own objectives when choosing a method. The statistics of aviators determine the safe mode of transport by mileage. The distances that fly are long, and tragedies happen mainly during takeoff or landing.
The auto industries determine statistically the safest mode of transport based on the number of trips.
The most dangerous / safest vehicles in the world
The statistical method used by the American Bureau of DETR (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions) is of interest. Their statistics determine dangerous types of transport by the number of victims per 1 billion kilometers, the number of trips and the time spent. The table shows the research results:
| Category | Aviation | Buses | Railway transport | Minibuses | Water transport | Cars | Bicycles | Motorcycles | Hiking |
| By mileage | 0,05 | 0,4 | 0,6 | 1,2 | 2,6 | 3,1 | 44,6 | 108,9 | 54,2 |
| By the number of trips | 117 | 4,3 | 20 | 20 | 90 | 40 | 170 | 1640 | 40 |
| By movement time | 30,8 | 11,1 | 30 | 60 | 50 | 130 | 550 | 4840 | 220 |
What type of transport is the most dangerous according to statistics? As it turned out - a motorcycle. This type of transport is in the lead in all positions. The second place in terms of danger is given by the statistics of transport modes to the bicycle. In third place are minibuses.
What is the safest form of transport in the world according to statistics? Airplanes are already in the lead. Aviation is ahead of all others in terms of safety vehicles... Today only spaceships can be less dangerous, and even then, depending on how you count.
The security situation differs greatly across regions. The statistics of disasters on different types of transport show that ignoring safety measures inevitably leads to tragedies. Death rates in low-income countries are approaching 80% of the global rate. If it refers to compliance with security measures as in Bangladesh (pictured), then it will never be possible to reduce.
Transport safety rating in the Russian Federation
According to statistics, what is the safest mode of transport in Russia? The indicators completely coincide in percentage terms with global figures. Despite the fact that 2016 was a record year for aviation accidents, the plane is still considered without dangerous species transport. For comparison, 389 people died, while road wars claimed 20,308 lives.
According to statistics, the most dangerous type of transport in Russia is a motorcycle. Crashed motorcyclists on our roads 23% of the total number of deaths.
The remaining losses are distributed as follows:
- motor transport - 31%;
- pedestrians - 22%;
- cyclists - 5%;
- other road users - 19%.
If we compare mortality in Russia with countries such as the United States, Great Britain or Italy, it turns out that the figures are 15-16 times higher. Rosstat considers dead those who died within a week after. In Europe, it is customary to enter into the statistics of mortality of the dead people per month. Consequently, the indicators in the Russian Federation can be even higher if the European methodology is used.
FKU "Research Center for Road Safety Problems" revealed the negative dynamics of road accidents involving public transport(buses and trolleybuses). The main cause of accidents is traffic violations.
- attempts to eliminate doubts about the reliability of the company and the poor performance of the internal security service;
- desire to save on;
- desire to retain customers;
- the desire not to give an advantage to competitors.
It is difficult to find any other way to preserve cargo and reputation other than investing in additional funds for security measures. All participants agree on this. What type of transport is the most dangerous can be understood based on the analysis of thefts. made a rating of criminalization:
- Automobile transport.
- Railway.
- Shipping.
- Air transportation.
Transport statistics provide an opportunity for law enforcement agencies to improve their security and cargo performance. Transport companies, thanks to statistics, can minimize the risks of transportation and develop logistics. And travel agencies can be confident in the safety of tourist routes.
Very often I had to hear conversations and judgments about which transport is safer. They are especially intensified after the next catastrophe.
Some say that planes, despite the number of accidents and the hype around them, are actually very safe, if you look at the statistics. That, they say, it is faster to die under the wheels of the car.
Others say that the safest are trains. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, for example, only traveled by train.
So which is safer? As a person who loves to travel, it has always been interesting to me.
Let's try to figure it out.
In order not to be unfounded, specific figures are needed. Let's take statistics for Russia over the past 10 years (from 2005 to 2014) from the Goskomstat website - http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/ru/statistics/enterprise/transport/#
The death toll in absolute numbers looks like this:
As seen on highways the majority perishes - these are thousands.
Figures by railway transport seem suspiciously small - after all, there was the Nevsky Express with the dead, and for some reason these figures are not in the official statistics. It turns out, as follows from the explanations of the State Statistics Committee, that the figures for railway transport include only those who died due to the fault of Russian Railways.
But it doesn't matter, we'll take Additional information from wikipedia:
This does not guarantee absolute accuracy, but we will receive the missing information about the Nevsky Express in 2009, and the explosion at the station in Volgograd in 2013.
Thus, we will correct our table of the dead:
Now let's look at traffic statistics according to the same Goskomstat:
In order to compare the traffic data and the fatalities, it is necessary that the measurements refer to the same mode of transport. Unfortunately, data on fatalities on highways and streets includes both paid transportation by buses, taxis, trolleybuses and other modes of transport, as well as private trips in their own vehicles and pedestrian deaths. How many private vehicles are on the road every day is hard to say.
It turns out that it is possible to correctly compare the number of transported and the number of deaths only for four types of transport:
I got the coefficient in column 4 by dividing column 3 by column 2 and by 1,000,000 (because column 2 is in millions).
What does this coefficient mean? In fact, this is the likelihood of being killed by one or another type of transport. For example, the number 0.000000006 for railway transport, means that for each transported billion a person, according to the theory of probability, can die 6 human.
We see that for sea transport the probability is the greatest and amounts to 5 person for each transported million human. And for air transport - almost 2 person for each transported million.
For people traveling long distances, the choice is usually between train and plane.
I always wanted to know how much the train safer than an airplane... Let's figure it out: divide 0.000001715 on 0.000000006 and we get 268 ... V 268 once!!! I never thought that there would be such a difference, but these are facts - with billions of passengers transported in 10 years, only 74 people died on the railways, and with a number 19 times less than air transport killed 14 times more people.
Now I understand Kim Jong Il: if you transfer his entire country (25 million) on trains, no one will die, but if on airplanes, then according to the theory of probability, at least 42 people can die ...
As for statistics on other types of transport. Since January 2015, the form of statistical observation Form N of the RTA "Information on road traffic accidents" has been introduced, where in section 8 you can see information about the passengers of buses, trolleybuses and trams who died in an accident.
Information for January-September 2015 can be viewed on the traffic police website:
According to the traffic police, during this period, the following died:
- 82 bus passenger
- 3 trolleybus passenger
- 1 tram passenger
Considering that trams and trolleybuses carry passengers even more than railroad, these numbers look very good. And the statistics on buses are only slightly worse than the railway statistics. But again, these statistics have just begun to be collected, and the final conclusions can be drawn in 2-3 years.
What conclusions can be drawn? Rail transport is the safest. Although the statistics on road deaths are huge in absolute numbers, they are mostly related to unorganized private car travel and pedestrians on the roads. If you are traveling by bus, then you greatly increase your chances of successfully completing the journey.
Comparative characteristics of transport modes in terms of safety.
When choosing a transport, many passengers are guided by their own preferences. Moreover, every second person makes mistakes in the relative safety of this or that type of transport. When choosing a transport, many people are guided by safety. At the same time, there is an opinion that the safest train is. In this article, we will dispel all the myths regarding the safety of movement.
The most unsafe and dangerous mode of transport in the world: statistics
Oddly enough, but the most dangerous type of transport can be considered a motorcycle. A total of 42 people die per 100 ml of miles. This is a huge number, since several thousand people are obtained per year.
In second place are cars, minibuses and buses. You yourself often witness car accidents. 1.2 ml of people die in car accidents per year. Just think about these numbers.
The ranking does not include unusual types of transport. That is, there are no dog sleds and spaceships. Otherwise, a spaceship could be considered the safest. But since no one makes intergalactic daily flights so far, the statistics speaks in favor of the plane.
Many believe that the plane is the most unsafe mode of transport and it is completely in vain. In the world it is customary to calculate the danger of displacement as the number of victims per 100 million miles. As a result, it turns out that the death rate from the aircraft is only 0.6 people. In 2016, there were 21 plane crashes, while the total number of deaths was about a thousand people. You will think that this is a lot. But in fact, more cyclists die in a year in the world.
Despite the misconception of many, the first place among the safe transport is the plane. The mortality rate is very low. Perhaps this is due to the higher speed of movement than that of the train. Accordingly, it turns out that an airplane flies these 160 ml of kilometers much faster than a train. Therefore, the mortality statistics are lower. In principle, mortality directly depends on the speed of transport. On average, 0.9 people are killed per 100 ml of miles while moving a train, and only 0.6 are killed in an airplane. That is, the death rate on trains exceeds the death rate on airplanes by one and a half times.
Many people now have many phobias about traveling on airplanes. This is due to the fact that colossal accidents occur almost every year, which all the media talk about. But this does not mean that flying in airplanes is very dangerous. In fact, many more people die from car accidents. The most interesting thing is that most people believe that there are no survivors after a plane crash. In fact, this is not the case. One third of all passengers are killed. While in a car accident, half.
The statistics of insurance companies also speak in favor of the planes. In case of a car accident, the payments are small, and in case of a plane crash, they are simply huge. Therefore, we can agree that no one would pay a lot of money if plane crashes happened very often.
According to statistical estimates, which were based on the number of victims of plane crashes, aviation turned out to be the safest mode of transport. The second and third places belong to water and rail transport, respectively.
The most interesting thing is that passengers, on the contrary, consider the plane the most dangerous mode of transport. This is due to the fact that the media publicize any plane crash. At the same time, few people talk about train accidents. If you resort to statistics, when traveling by plane every day, the likelihood of death is very low. If you use air every day, you could face a plane crash in the 21st century.
There are certain statistics on the most reliable modes of transport. This is confirmed by insurance companies. Most of the money is given for insurance of water and air transport.
Security statistics:
- Airplane
- Train
- Bus
- Automobile
- Route taxi
- Ship
- Underground
- Bike
- Motorbike
According to statistics, you can safely use air transport, it is really the most reliable.
As you can see, people's opinions and statistics are completely different. Many people have a fear of the plane, although in fact this mode of transport is the safest.
VIDEO: Safe mode of transport
Vehicles allow us to travel quickly and comfortably around the world, but at what cost? Millions of people die in transport every year. We have compiled a rating to identify the safest mode of transport, this was helped by the transport statistics of 2015. Some of the ranking positions may surprise you, but you can't argue with statistics.
Moped and motorcycle
Mopeds and motorcycles are rightfully ranked tenth in our ranking of the safest modes of transport. For many years in a row, such transport has been considered the most dangerous and 2015 is no exception. Motorcycles account for only 1% of total traffic, while on the roads 20% of deaths are caused by this type of transport.
In order to survive, you should remember that you cannot develop a dashing speed of more than 70 km / h. Desperate bravado is not only misplaced, it can also cost the driver his life. And if he took a passenger with him ..
According to statistics, 125 deaths occur for every 1.5 billion km. motorcycle rental. The mortality rate for ordinary car drivers is 28 times less than that for motorcycle drivers. These are the modern facts.
On the ninth line of the ranking in the list of the safest modes of transport for 2015, the "younger brother" of a moped is a bicycle. The bicycle is considered one of the most dangerous types of transport from year to year, according to official statistics. Unfortunately, this year is no exception.
The most common road traffic accidents involving bicycles occur in collisions with vehicles. The number of such accidents on the roads is constantly growing. Therefore, cyclists should be as careful as possible. Since adolescents are most often killed in such accidents, all parents should take into account this moment... 1.5 billion km. according to statistics, there are 35 deaths.
Underground
In the eighth position in the ranking of the safest mode of transport according to statistics of 2015, the metro was. In case of accidents, this type of transport destroys the lives of many people at once. And emergency situations in the metro are especially dangerous for the townspeople. If we talk about Russia, the most frequent victims are the passengers of the Moscow metro.
Ferries are not as safe as boating enthusiasts would like. According to statistics current year, by 1.5 billion km. accounted for 20 deaths. In particular, it should be noted that not every death occurs as a result of a crash. There are known cases of passengers falling overboard. Water transport is also unsafe!
The spacecraft is ranked 6th in our 2015 list of the safest modes of transport. Only 18 spaceships of those that were sent into limitless space, since the very first flight in 1961, have not been able to return. And this with an impressive amount of this type of transport sent into space. There were 530 ships in total. It should be borne in mind that people did not die in space itself. Tragedies happened during takeoff or at the time of landing. According to statistics, 1.5 billion km. accounts for 7 human deaths.
Minibus
Automobile
Previously, cars were considered an incredibly dangerous type of transport. So, how, in the 2015 statistics, the car turned out to be one of the safest types of transport? Everything is very simple. The machine structure has undergone significant improvements in recent years. Thus, the number of accidents has decreased significantly.
New statistics show that 1.5 billion km. accounted for four deaths to the share of cars. However, this does not mean that you can safely forget about safety measures or become fans of crazy driving.
Bus
1 billion km. accounted for 0.5 deaths according to official statistics. This applies to ordinary buses. Therefore, in the ranking of the safest modes of transport for 2015, it was the buses that took the honorable 3rd place.
In Europe, this type of public transport is one of the safest. In Egypt, things are worse, as in the Russian Federation. But still, in the third position of the rating, buses are deservedly so. However, do not forget about the terrible incidents associated with this type of transport.
It is worth remembering at least how a bus was rammed by a truck in the capital. And this is not an isolated case!
Airplane
Airplanes are in second place. Although, in previous years, this type of transport occupied the top line of such ratings. But, according to statistics of 2015, the plane cannot be attributed to the most safe species transport.
Nevertheless, 0.5 deaths accounted for 1.5 billion kilometers, if we also take into account small aircraft with helicopters. Commercial ships will always outperform conventional light aircraft. However, it should not be forgotten that the worst thing in the case of plane crashes is the fact that almost none of the huge number of passengers can not escape. And even the crew of an aircraft is often no more lucky in plane crashes.
It is known that such incidents can never be an accident. When a plane crash occurs, a combination of certain factors is to blame. However, airplanes are always considered to be one of the safest types of transport. And statistics confirm this every year. But most surprising of all, people are often much more afraid of flying airplanes than of riding motorcycles.
Trains, according to statistics in 2015, are considered the safest transport in the world and were in the first place on our list. This is especially true for American and European trains, with only 0.2 deaths per 1.5 billion km. to the share of trains. If we take only The Russian Federation, on railway transport the mortality rate is 0.7 per 1.5 billion km, which is also not very high.