alt Hacker News>It's not as safe as flying
In France and Japan, HSR has had zero fatalities in the entire period of operation.
In China, HSR had AFAIR one fatal crash, with 40 fatalities. Per passenger-mile, Chinese HSR is twice as safe as US air travel.
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ThePowerOfFuet • today at 9:22 AM
>In France and Japan, HSR has had zero fatalities in the entire period of operation.
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France has had one fatal crash on an LGV, but it was during initial line testing where some safety systems were bypassed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckwersheim_derailment