page_title: Transportation safety in the United States
section_title: Aviation vs rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation safety in the United States / Modal comparison / Aviation vs rail
caption_attribution_description: English: The wrecked Sunset Limited at Big Bayout Canot.
context_page_description: Transportation safety in the United States encompasses safety of transportation in the United States, including automobile accidents, airplane crashes, rail crashes, and other mass transit incidents, although the most fatalities are generated by road accidents.
  The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles. For driving, the rate was 150 per 10 billion vehicle-miles for 2000: 750 times higher per mile than for flying in a commercial airplane.
  The U.S. government's National Center for Health Statistics reported 33,736 motor vehicle traffic deaths in 2014. This exceeded the number of firearm deaths, which was 33,599 in 2014. According to another U.S. government office, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roadways claimed 32,744 lives in 2014 and 35,092 in 2015.
context_section_description: Source BTS ·  ·
caption: 1993 Big Bayou Cannot train wreck
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