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Originally Posted by jray3
And if bringing collisions with larger vehicles into the equation, a full 23% of multi-vehicle collision fatalities were passenger car vs large truck, in which case splitting hairs of hatchback vs sedan ain't gonna make much difference. The SUV driver who thinks big n heavy = safe needs to remember that he's twice as likely to die in a rollover accident as a passenger car driver.
Fatality Facts |
First according to IIHS in new to 3 year old pickups and SUV s you are actually less likely to die in a rollover crash then in a car. You may be more likely to roll over but those rollovers result in less deaths overall then car rollovers. And 69% of all rollover deaths are not wearing seatbelts.
You can say it's splitting hairs to talk weight, but so is using rollover data. If you just look at the odds of dying and not the reason, it is clear you are many times more likely to die in a small car then a large car or truck.