Interesting how my german statistic shows way lower numbers than the original statistic.
Maybe the original was for some specific country with worse road conditions than Germany. Or it was from a different time, or wasn’t real at all, dunno
That and busses also carry fewer people. Train accidents are rare but when they happen they’re horrific because of speed and the sheer number of people involved.
Just guessing, the lower speed might help.
Edit: found a statistic that says otherwise. Translated from german. Original source
Car: 1.57
→ 2.53 per billion miles
Bus: 0.13
→ 0.21 per billion miles
Train: 0.03
→ 0.048 per billion miles
Airplane: 0.01
→ 0.016 per billion miles
Bicycle: 9.8
→ 15.77 per billion miles
Ship: 0.1
→ 0.16 per billion miles
Tram: 0.19
→ 0.31 per billion miles
Motorcycle: 46.5
→ 74.83 per billion miles
Edit 2: Interesting how my german statistic shows way lower numbers than the original statistic.
Maybe the original was for some specific country with worse road conditions than Germany. Or it was from a different time, or wasn’t real at all, dunno
The factor is about 3 (75 to 212 motorcycle related deaths), that seems a plausible deviation between different countries.
That and busses also carry fewer people. Train accidents are rare but when they happen they’re horrific because of speed and the sheer number of people involved.