MINIMIZING INTER CITY TRANSPORTATION RISK - A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

Car, airplane and train travel have different risk characteristics that influence the safety ranking between them. The ranking depends on the range of distances compared. It also depends of what we mean by risk. Three reasonable interpretations of risk are presented. They are applied to Swedish transportation statistics. The results reveal that there is a safety niche for each of the three alternatives. That is, car, airplane and train each have a certain claim to being the safest means of transportation.

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• Authors:
  • Wulff, P
• Publication Date: 1996-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 409-413
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Railroad safety; Risk analysis; Transportation safety; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile safety characteristics
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723731
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 307
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1996 12:00AM