Some people say they don't believe these numbers
So calculate it for yourself:
~115 deaths ÷ ~35M high speed train trips
=
1 in 300,000 is the statistical odds of death per trip in a Spanish high speed train this year
You can then argue "why do you cherry pick only this year", well because it happened this year! It's new information and you have 2 highly similar fatal accidents happening in one year meaning the probability that's random is almost zero
It's like saying after the 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people in 2018/2019
"That's just a random statistical oddity, I'll board the next one immediately"
Of course you wouldn't
What you'd do is board none at all until it's fully investigated why they crashed and the cause is solved, like the FAA did exactly by grounding them
To all the Spanish nationalist keyboard warriors attacking me instead of their government:
Pivot your energy to prosecuting the people responsible for killing 100+ innocent people this year instead of shooting the messenger!
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At least 85 people this year died from Spanish train accidents, and likely it will grow to 100 at the end of this day
Very tragic and this makes Spanish trains one of the most dangerous modes of transport now
~100x more dangerous than flying commercial
~40x more dangerous than non-Spanish trains
And every trip is nopw as dangerous as jumping from a plane and skydiving
Two highly deadly train accidents in one year, that's so extreme and unlikely that it makes it at as dangerous as flying one of the most deadly airlines in the world, the Nepalese Yeti Airlines that keeps crashing due to the mountainous terrain
Pretty exceptional in a bad way
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