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SUV’s are 6x more likely to kill occupants of other vehicles http://www.crashtest.com/explanations/safety/index.htm In single vehicle crashes they contribute almost half the deaths despite being a significantly smaller percentage of vehicles.
People in SUVs and Pick ups were 11% MORE LIKELY to die than people in cars http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=949&scid=7
SUV are also lousy at avoiding crashes http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/suv.pdf
Pick up trucks are basically death traps – death rates (deaths per miles traveled) were approximately 50% higher than SUVs, and roughly 3x higher than cars http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ2ojjLs658C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=suv+death+rate+compare&source=web&ots=D4dVXGpnlU&sig=YWu8KdOCsQ_HE6BIqSuNvCwTElY&hl=en#PPA64,M1
I’d rather avoid the whole accident in the first place with a good handling car, than rely on being hit, and hoping that you come out ok.
