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There are also fewer buses needed to carry the same number of people, and they are operated by professional (and hopefully less distracted!) drivers. I'm not s
by pbadams 4y ago
There are also fewer buses needed to carry the same number of people, and they are operated by professional (and hopefully less distracted!) drivers.
I'm not sure a good data source, but I'd expect that the serious injury rate per person-mile of buses is much lower than that of private cars.
- dredmorbius 4y agoI don't have serious injury, but deaths per 100m passenger miles is 1/10th to 1/20th the rate for private passenger vehicles. Rail is 1/2 the bus fatality rate. <https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/deaths-by-transportation-mode/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics...>