Dec 21, 2024
The Forms of Travel with the Highest Injury and Fatality Rates
What’s the safest way to travel this holiday season?
✈️ Air travel! Since 2002, injury and death rates have been almost 0 per 100M miles traveled.
🏍️ On the other hand, motorcycles are the most dangerous way to travel. Riders faced an injury rate of 339.3 per 100M miles in 2022.
🚗 In 2022, the car and truck death rate increased to 0.57 per 100M miles (up from 0.49 in 2016), while passenger injuries fell from 54 to 42 per 100M miles during the same period.