According to Airline Reporter[1], per 100 million miles there are 1.33 deaths by auto, and .0077 deaths by commercial plane. Though it's over a limited amount of time...
That's terrible comparison, commercial aviation tents to exclude 9/11 and bystander deaths along with private flights while looking vs all car trips.
A much better comparison would be to busses which are much safer.
Anyway, getting an apples to apples comparison between different modes of travel is almost impossible which was my original point.
[1]http://www.airlinereporter.com/2010/09/flying-is-safe-and-i-...
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