1. How Safe is Your Way of Traveling? Summer K.L. Gray December 10, 2009 Pd. 1

2. What is the probability of not dying on and airplane?

3. What is the probability of not dying on and airplane (cont.)? Total number of departures over the 10 year period is 114,810. Total number of accidents over the 10 year period is 490. Total fatalities is 1250. In order to find the probability of not dying in and airplane one must first find the probability of dying in an airplane. Approximately, 120 can fit in the coach section of a commercial plane. Therefore, a person would have a 90.93% chance of NOT dying on and airplane between the years 1995 and 2005.

4. What is the probability of dying in a Car or bicycle?

5. What is the probability of dying in a Car or bicycle (cont.)? The total number of deaths inside a vehicle is 223,834. Total number of bicyclists deaths is 4230. The probability of dying in a car is 98.1% and dying on a bicycle is .19%

6. What is The Probability of dying on a train and Bus?

7. What is The Probability of dying on a train and Bus (cont.)?

8. What is The Probability of dying on a train and Bus (cont.)? The total number of train fatalities from 2005 to 2008 is 75. Therefore, the probability of dying is .66% The total number of bus fatalities from 2005 to 2007 is 201. Therefore, the probability of dying is .92%

9. Conclusion The safest method of traveling is by plane.

10. Works Cited http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/index.html