I have heard that Sport utility vehicles or Suv’s if driven inappropriately are more likely to rollover or be involved in an accident then passenger cars, therefore it is a myth that large SUV’s are safer then passenger cars. Is this so?
No, This assumption that large SUV’s are safer is based only on rollover statistics which are not enough to make such a blanket statement like that. The crash risk of death injury is the greatest in a passenger car that is involved in a frontal or side impact crash. In frontal crashes more than 6 passenger car drivers die for every driver killed in a van or pickup truck. A 6 to 1 ratio. More than 4 passenger car drivers die for every driver that is killed in an SUV.
No, This assumption that large SUV’s are safer is based only on rollover statistics which are not enough to make such a blanket statement like that. The crash risk of death injury is the greatest in a passenger car that is involved in a frontal or side impact crash. In frontal crashes more than 6 passenger car drivers die for every driver killed in a van or pickup truck. A 6 to 1 ratio. More than 4 passenger car drivers die for every driver that is killed in an SUV.
