I of course refer to the average of 18 fatal accidents each year - there of
course many more non fatal ones!

"Andy Fogg" wrote in message
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Obviously distance travelled is a key issue and I do understand the need
for
an 'apples and apples' comparison. However, in the UK we have been
averaging 18 GA accidents a year (which icludes higher risk types such as
autogyros and balloons) compared to a steady 3,500 deaths a year through
road traffic accidents. Only a serious statistician could make any
meaningfull comparisons from these different forms of transport but I do
think that things should be kept into perspective. i.e. if you are
concerned about accidental death where could your efforts save the most
lives GA or car?

Andy



"Peter" wrote in message
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Peter Duniho wrote:

"PaulH" wrote in message
m...

I've seen statements in various aviation chat rooms that the GA
accident rate is similar to that of motorcycles, but have never seen
the actual statistics. Is this GA overall? Accidents per hour or per
mile? Incidents or fatalities?

I'll just add that it's important to keep in mind that it's very
difficult
to make "apples to apples" comparisons. You need to decide whether
you're
going to compare miles, time, or number of trips, and whether you're
going
to do those comparisons using the vehicle count or the passenger
count.

Agreed. Here's one comparison based on number of fatalities per million
hours spent in a variety of activities (incl. GA and motorcycling):
http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/comparat.html