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Hours of travel time would likely be a good fit too.
hours doesn’t come as close to the metric that you’d like though
the purpose of travel is to get from point a to point b, so you want to measure the likelihood of death when travelling the comparable trips
hours doesn’t really work because different modes of transport complete the trip in very different times. distance however is relatively similar
Except that a short trip is less risk exposure than a long trip.
400km by train is so much less risky than 200km by rocket.
Apples and oranges.
A 200km train ride is less risk exposure than a 400km train ride.
A plane isn't as versatile though. You can't go everywhere on a plane, train, or (to a lesser extent) bus, but you can in a car, motorcycle, or if you're committed, bicycle.