BUSES: According to Statistics @ a Glance the Bus and rail safety statistics publication 2010, downloadable from the Public Safety Victoria website
In 2009 48 people where hit by a bus – and 4 fatalities were recorded.
In 2010 – the statistics up to March report that 8 people have been hit by a bus – although no deaths have been reported this year yet…
SNAKES: Statistics from the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit, state that nearly 10 000 Victorians a year are injured by animals. Statistics on snake attacks show that about 300 people a year need anti-venom yet only two or three a year actually die from snakebite.
PIRATES: According to an Australian Navy press release dated 23 September 2009 The HMAS Toowoomba successfully thwarted a piracy attack. This Frigates was built for the Royal Australian Navy right here in Williamstown, Melbourne. This was Toowoomba’s first anti-piracy swoop since moving down to the Gulf of Aden from the Northern Arabian Sea and there were no casualties as a result of the successful operation.
So statistically speaking you are more likely to get hit by a bus than to be dies from a snake bite or be attacked by pirates.
Please, people, beware of buses.
