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Both that list and the chart previously shown are definitely skewed by driver demographics. Note the number of deaths per million when counting rollovers in a Charger... a Charger is NOT easier to rollover than a Prius when driven in the same manner. It's just that drivers are more likely to drive in a manner inducing a rollover.
There's also no reason for a Camry to be safer than a Maxima. But Maxima drivers are more likely to drive less safely than the Camry driver.
Just as Camry drivers are more likely to experience SUA... for much the same reason. Demographics.
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That said... worries over safety are overblown... given the death rate is in single or low double digits per million for the better cars... and those rates are affected by demographics, anyway... you're very unlikely to lose the car collision lottery in whatever you choose to buy.
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