People’s determinations of safety when it comes to travel has a loose base in reality.  The vast majority of people believe that traveling by airplane is the most dangerous method of travel.  It’s easy to see why.  Airplane crashes grab the most media attention, they produce the biggest lawsuits, and more people tend to die when a plane crashes.

As with most myths, this one is totally untrue.  Here are the numbers:

• 537 people die by airplane each year
• Over 40,000 people die by car crash in the United States every year
• Over 1,000 people die by train every year

Know that you have the stats here is the question of the day.

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