Re: Curious Statistics

["Christopher Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Don't forget, luck works both ways, consider Granville.

And while statistics are important so are perceptions.  The first media
reports of fatalities for Ladbroke Grove, Glenbrook and Aamot were 100+, 12
& 33 respectively.  The final figures were 30, 7, 19 (latest I heard).
Media ignorance and sensationalism are frequently a problem for the image of
rail transport.

I think the fatality statistics for each transport mode were compiled for an
Industry Commission report on railways (transport in general?) many years
ago.  I was too late to obtain a copy of the report but major libraries
should have copies available.

Next time you board a bus have a look at the statement on the Bus and Coach
Association sticker on the windscreen or forward left window - "Bus the
safest form of land transport" (correctly quoted from memory I hope).

Chris

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