| 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, | |
Oct 10, 2007
Cycling is safer than you might believe...
