For those who are interested in the numbers: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/. See the Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2018. Chapter 6: Transportation Safety contains a section on fatalities by mode. From the highlights:
In 2017, 2,093 died from aviation, boating,
railroad (including transit rail), and other
nonhighway modes. This was about one-fourth
fewer fatalities than in 2000. 2017 was the fourth
year in a row with no fatalities on U.S. air carriers,
although 330 died in general aviation crashes—
the fewest fatalities since at least 1970.
• Highway fatalities remain the second largest cause
of unintentional injury death in the United States,
but dropped from 7th to 13th place on the list of
causes of death in the United States between 2000
and 2016.
Laura