Many people buy their automobiles based on their outward appearance.
Though before purchasing a car it is best to do.
research. When buying a vehicle you should look to see if there any problems.
with the safety of the vehicle. Safety is divided into three different categorical.
areas: size and weight of the vehicle, passive safety which prevents people from.
being injured in a accident , active safety helps drivers avoid accidents. Some.
larger/heavier cars that have poor ratings can possible have better results than.
smaller cars with better ratings. Rather than looking for a car that has passive.
safety, you should look for a car that has active safety and will avoid an accident.
altogether. .
The size and weight of a vehicle matters, all cars have to meet the US.
Department Of Transportation standards for accidents. Larger/heavier vehicles.
tend to be more safer than the smaller ones. Small cars have double amount of.
deaths than the larger ones, in connection to their numbers on the road. When.
heavier vehicles crash head to head with lighter ones, the lighter vehicle and its.
passengers usually suffer the most damage because of the difference in weight.
Statistics show that SUV-to-car accidents are six times more likely to kill.
passengers of smaller vehicles when compared to a regular car-car accident.
The following chart is from IIHS News Release dated 2-10-98. The left column.
indicates the weight class of the vehicles in the first column of each pair. Column .
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1,3, and 5 show the death rates for cars, pick-up trucks, and SUVs of different.
weights; columns 2, 4, 6 show the death rates for the passengers of the other.
vehicle in the two car accident.
Occupant death rates in two-vehicle crashes, 1990-95 model passenger vehicles versus other vehicles (.
Weight Class (lbs) Vehicle crash pairs 1990-1995 Cars Pick-ups SUVs Cars .
Other .
Pick-ups.
Other SUVs Other .
less than 2500 109 35 105 58 .
2500-2999 83 43 89 88 54 75 .
