A recent report from the National Safety Council put the lifetime odds of dying as a pedal cyclist at 1 in 4,982.
Source: National Safety Council
The odds of dying in the air are just 1 in 7,229, which includes considerably more dangerous non-commercial travel.
Source: National Safety Council
While buses and trains are often seen as safer travel alternatives, a 2011 report by PolitiFact found that actually air travel was the safest.
Source: PolitiFact
Scheduled airlines have a death rate of 0.003 fatalities per 100 million passenger miles.
Source: PolitiFact
In comparison, commercial buses have a fatality rate of 0.05 per 100 million passenger miles.
Source: PolitiFact
And passenger trains have a fatality rate of 0.06 per 100 million passenger miles.
Source: PolitiFact
Automobiles were again the most dangerous mode of transport included in the report, with a fatality rate of 0.61 per 100 million passenger miles.
Source: PolitiFact
