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https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-motorcyc...

The fatality rates are 25 per 100 million occupant-miles traveled. That's far higher than for the Boeing 737 max.

Let's also compare their safety by time, instead of miles traveled.

Motorcycles: 25 / (100 x 10^6 / 60) = 0.000015 fatal crashes per hour

Boeing 737 max, assuming it averages 12 hour flight time per day, and using your 1/350 odds: 1/(350 x 365 x 12) = 0.00000065 fatal crashes per hour

The 737 max is still safer by an entire order of magnitude, even if you compared it by time spent traveling and not miles.



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