Originally Posted by Dave9
So a little over a dozen fatal accidents over a billion miles! I think that number is sufficiently small enough to not consider relative to anything else.
However, yes an inexpensive (more attractive to younger buyers who mistakenly think they need to drive fast everywhere yet lack the experience to do so, "on average" based on crash statistics aka fact) vehicle with a high center of gravity is going to be harder to drive safely.
Regardless, these modern CUVs handle MUCH better than their full framed predecessors from a couple decades ago. I won't get into the whole argument about whether they were real trucks and CUVs are just tall station wagons.
Each has its own merits in crash survivability, with the modern designs having much better crumple zones but that doesn't help as much as having a frame in rollover accidents, accidents that higher center of gravity vehicles are more prone towards having.
Agree. There are too many variables to consider here.
The idea that any car is dangerous is fake news. How many vehicles with one star safety ratings are being produced today? There is also no mention of the drivers either.
The typical fake news story these days is that a SUV crashed into a building. No mention of who was driving which should be the focus of blame.