The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 12 (April 1, 1929)
Safety of Rail Travel
Safety of Rail Travel.
In a recent reference to the safety of rail travel in Britain, Mr. J. H. Follows, Vice-President, L.M. & S. Railway, said that a passenger (on British railways), making two journeys a day, would have to travel 50,000 years, according to the law of averages, before meeting his chance of being killed.