Study the table below and look for patterns in passenger death rates in country A in relation to the modes of land transport.
Passenger death rates in country A: by mode of transport
|
Mode of transport |
Rates per billion passenger kilometers |
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|
1981 |
1986 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
average |
|
|
motorcycle |
115.8 |
100.3 |
94.4 |
97.0 |
94.6 |
104.0 |
|
Pedal cycle |
56.9 |
49.6 |
46.8 |
43.3 |
41.3 |
48.8 |
|
water |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
9.2 |
|
car |
6.1 |
5.1 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
|
van |
3.8 |
3.8 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
|
rail |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
|
Bus or coach |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
|
air |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
The table shows the passenger death rates by different means of land transport in Country A between 1981 and 1993. As can be seen from the table, death rates saw a general trend of decrease over the period except for buses and coaches.
It is clearly seen that cars, vans and bicycles experienced a significant reduction in the rate of road death over the period under study. For example,/ specifically,
In the second category, comprising motorcycles and rail, the rate declined slightly between 1981 and 1993. Motorcycle was the most dangerous type of transport, averaging more than twice as many fatalities as cycling.
Regarding buses and coaches, the road death almost tripled over the period under view, increasing from 0.3 per billion passenger kilometers to 0.8. Nevertheless, buses and coaches were still the safest type of land transport.