Cycling advocates' favorite comparison of cycling's collision risks. | |
Activity | Fatalities per million hours activity |
Skydiving | 128.7 |
On-road motorcycling | 8.8 |
Scuba diving | 2.0 |
Living (all causes of death) | 1.5 |
Snowmobiling | 0.9 |
Passenger cars | 0.5 |
Water skiing | 0.3 |
Bicycling | 0.3 |
Flying (scheduled domestic airlines) | 0.2 |
Passenger car post-collision fire | 0.0 |
From Charles R. Murray, "The Real Story: Overdesign Prevents Cars from Exploding," Design News, |