In article , Gunner says...

1998 US Motor Vehicle Fatalities and Injuries by Type of Crash
Type of Accident Deaths NonfatalInjuries FatalAccidents InjuryAccidents
AllAccidents

Collision with-
Pedestrian 5,900 84,000 5,800 50,000 145,000
Other motor vehicle 19,500 1,700,000 15,000 1,010,000 8,980,000
Angle collision 9,900 900,000 7,400 540,000 4,550,000
Head on collision 6,600 61,000 5,000 36,000 190,000
Rear end collision 2,300 695,000 2,000 413,000 3,700,000
Sideswipe and other
two-vehicle collision 700 44,000 600 21,000 540,000
Railroad train 400 2,000 200 1,000 5,000
Pedalcycle 700 49,000 700 40,000 110,000
Animal, animal-drawn vehicle 100 10,000 100 9,000 520,000
Fixed object 10,500 260,000 10,200 235,000 2,590,000
Noncollision 4,100 95,000 4,000 55,000 350,000
TOTAL 41,200 2,200,000 36,000 1,400,000 12,700,000
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A motorist is 40 times more likely to die in a crash involving a train
than with another motor vehicle.

I don't see the 40 times in the figures above, gunner. Granted
they're a bit scrambled, but I read according to the legend
at the top, that the 'fatal accidents' number should be the
third one from the right. So 'train' would be 200, and 'all
other motor vehicle' should be 15,000.

So you are probability of dying in a car/train wreck would
be around one percent of dying in a MV/MV crash - according
to those numbers.

Jim

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