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On average, what is the safest place for someone to be (home, in a car, in a plane, at work, etc.).
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The most interesting statistical analysis about this seems to be one by Edmund Hambly, a top British engineer and visiting Professor at Oxford University.
In a 1992 lecture he calculated the number of fatal accidents per 100 million hours in different activities/environments. The numbers he came up with are:
Accident at home, able-bodied 1
Factory work 4
Travel by train 5
Travel by car 30
Travel by airliner 40
Travel by helicopter 500
Fireman in London air-raids 1940 1,000
Rock climbing, while on rock face 4,000
So spending time at home is the safest, though flying is not really all that dangeous either.
In a 1992 lecture he calculated the number of fatal accidents per 100 million hours in different activities/environments. The numbers he came up with are:
Accident at home, able-bodied 1
Factory work 4
Travel by train 5
Travel by car 30
Travel by airliner 40
Travel by helicopter 500
Fireman in London air-raids 1940 1,000
Rock climbing, while on rock face 4,000
So spending time at home is the safest, though flying is not really all that dangeous either.
source(s):
http://www.nolan-law.com/fear-of-flying-the-production-of-comforting-statis...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950501/ai_n13980090/
http://www.nolan-law.com/fear-of-flying-the-production-of-comforting-statis...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950501/ai_n13980090/
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