The usual method for comparing the safety of automobiles is *drivers*
killed per million miles driven. (The Toyota Avalon is the safest
automobile, BTW.) That eliminates the skewing you get with passengers,
for example when comparing Dodge Caravans with Mazda Miatas.

Strikes me this would also be the only fair way to compare a
motorcycle and a lightplane.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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