Report by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
4x4 Safety shock
The occupants of a 4x4 are more likely to be killed in a crash with a smaller car than the occupants of the car, according to a report from the US, home of the SUV.
The report by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that in a two-vehicle crash with a smaller car, the occupants of the SUV are more likely to be killed than are the people in the car.
The report is based on a study of US highway traffic fatalities during 2002 and 2003 involving vehicles made from 1999 through 2002.
Seven percent of the people who were killed in two-vehicle SUV-car crashes died in cars, but 10% of the fatalities occurred in the SUVs.
Feeling safe now are we?
4x4 Safety shock
The occupants of a 4x4 are more likely to be killed in a crash with a smaller car than the occupants of the car, according to a report from the US, home of the SUV.
The report by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that in a two-vehicle crash with a smaller car, the occupants of the SUV are more likely to be killed than are the people in the car.
The report is based on a study of US highway traffic fatalities during 2002 and 2003 involving vehicles made from 1999 through 2002.
Seven percent of the people who were killed in two-vehicle SUV-car crashes died in cars, but 10% of the fatalities occurred in the SUVs.
Feeling safe now are we?