It's similar to the fact that air travel is way safer than driving (just in terms of accidents, alone), but many people fear air travel a lot more.

The thing is, the psychological impact of the occasional crash looms really large in people's minds, and the cognitive dissonance of that impact, versus actual stats, is too much for alot of folks to handle. So they decide to go with the psychology, rather than the facts. That's not uncommon and applies to many areas of life.