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"Of the nine safest models, six were SUVs -- Kia Sorento, Lexus RX 350, Mercedes-Benz GL, Toyota Highlander and Sequoia and Volvo XC90. The other fatality-free models over the four model years were the Audi A4 four-wheel-drive, Honda Odyssey minivan and Subaru Legacy sedan.
On the other end of the spectrum, the IIHS found that three small car models had death rates of more than 100 per million registered vehicle years. They were the Kia Rio (149), Nissan Versa sedan (130) and Hyundai Accent sedan (120). The Chevrolet Aveo fell just below the 100 mark with 99 fatalities per million vehicle years."
So the worst of them had one death per 6,700 vehicle years. I like my chances.
A meaningless statistic, since you probably know if you engage in the kind of risky behaviors that will make you part of that statistic. Yes, innocents are killed by drunk drivers and speeders too, but odds are so much less likely unless you are routinely on the road around midnight-2 am.
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A meaningless statistic, ... but odds are so much less likely unless you are routinely on the road around midnight-2 am.
YIKES!!! I am ALWAYS on the road from Midnight to 2AM (Night Shift CDL driver) 40+ yr accident free, though I have seen plenty, it is SO MUCH better recent than 20+ yrs ago. (3.2% drinking age 18,,, border state with military base nearby, guaranteed lots of fatal crashes.)
When I was a kid we ran a fleet of OTR trucks and we had to take them off the highway between 4AM and 6 AM (sleepy drivers). Only killed 3 drivers in many yrs of leasing / running trucks.
I take my chances when I drive home at 4AM in my 1976 VW Rabbit! but... 39 yrs of good luck so far. (Living on borrowed time)
There are a LOT of reasons (including chance) for these reported 'no fatality' vehicles. I wouldn't bet on them. Get a Class 8 truck if you want to survive a crash with a car. (just don't hit another truck or a bridge!).
To have a better understanding of those numbers you need to know the total vehicles, how many accidents they were involved in and what types of accidents.
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To be included, a vehicle must have had at least 100,000 registered vehicle years of exposure during 2009-12, or at least 20 deaths.
If more than 100K units were sold over a 4 year period they would appear on the list. They are using rates for the driver deaths but different sample sizes can be problematic. If you are comparing 100K vehicles sold in one model too another with millions sold in the same time period....
I'm sure the vehicle has something to do with these stats but they also appear to more expensive cars most likely driven by older more mature drivers and that will be another major factor.
SUV and minivan are safer in accidents than small subcompacts.... not exactly rocket science.
In car vs. SUV head-on crashes, the study found that the odds of death were 7.6 times higher for the car driver than the SUV driver. In crashes where the car had a better front crash-test rating than the SUV did, the car's driver fared a bit better but was still four and a half times more likely to die than the SUV driver.
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