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Saving lives: Improved vehicle designs bring down death rates
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^ | January 29, 2015 | unattributed

Posted on 02/11/2015 10:37:02 AM PST by jjotto

The chances of dying in a crash in a late-model vehicle have fallen by more than a third in three years, the latest IIHS calculations of driver death rates show. Among 2011 models, a record nine vehicles have driver death rates of zero. However, the gap between the safest and riskiest models remains wide, and three cars have death rates exceeding 100 per million registered vehicle years...

...The list of models with the lowest death rates illustrates just how much vehicles have improved. Eight years ago, there were no models with driver death rates of zero (see Status Report special issue: driver death rates, April 19, 2007). Now there are nine. These vehicles — which include several luxury models but also some less expensive ones such as the Kia Sorento midsize SUV and the Subaru Legacy sedan — had no driver deaths during the calendar years studied...

...One striking thing about the group of zero-death vehicles — aside from the sheer number — is that two-thirds of them are SUVs...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: autos; autosafety; caraccidents; deathrate; safety; suv
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To: Vigilanteman

https://www.esurance.com/insurance-resources/red-cars-cost-more-to-insure-myth

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=ins&subject=cover&story=insurance-myths&referer=advice&year


21 posted on 02/11/2015 12:14:28 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: jjotto
Crown Vics are used somewhat commercially with experienced drivers

And a requirement for ownership of a Brand Marquis is blue hiar of the ladies an a hat for the men.

22 posted on 02/11/2015 12:39:29 PM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: frithguild

Plaid newsboy caps.


23 posted on 02/11/2015 12:44:00 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Wasn’t my car, i was trying to help out a woman but yea, if there is almost zero traction on a steep incline the traction control is keeping the tires from spinning which in turn is keeping me from getting up the hill.
I drive a ten year old Mitsubishi Montero and the only thing i got is ABS.


24 posted on 02/11/2015 12:45:07 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: mowowie

I know a guy who teaches sales techniques to car salesmen all over the country, so he gets a lot of insider talk on cars. He says Mitsubishi SUVs are the most underrated vehicles out there.


25 posted on 02/11/2015 12:50:15 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Depends on the meaning of “safe”. Years ago I had a BSA motorcycle. It was the safest motorcycle in the world. Only way you could ever get hurt was if it fell over while you were working on it trying to get it to run.


26 posted on 02/11/2015 1:09:28 PM PST by Random Access
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To: Random Access

Well, that is why the data is “per million miles”.


27 posted on 02/11/2015 1:11:39 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Random Access

LOL great post. Birmingham Small Arms. God bless the Brits.


28 posted on 02/11/2015 1:12:39 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

It could be that the Crown Vic is safer because other drivers approach a Crown Vic with caution until they are sure that it isn’t a police vehicle.

I would assume that Crown Vics are the cars least likely to be cut-off, brake-checked, tail-gated, or sped past, and that this directly affects the accident rates of this vehicle.


29 posted on 02/11/2015 1:46:53 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Sergio

Excellent analysis. I guy I worked with had a cast-off police spec white CVPI with the spotlights and antennas. Riding with him you would see the the fast lane on the interstate open wide.


30 posted on 02/11/2015 1:49:29 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: jjotto

Yea it’s a dark blue 2003 Montero Sport. I like it, got a great deal on it new and STILL looks new.
Has a great classic rugged look to it.
Never had any problems but the basics, tires, battery, brakes, had to get a wheel bearing replaced along with a new timing belt, water pump and belts just to be safe.
I’m broke so i hope it lasts a while. :)
I like to keep my vehicles as long as possible. My last car was a 1988 Supra Turbo i bought slightly used in 1990, That car was SWEET and lasted forever, the engine still purred like new the day i sold it.
I really miss it....


31 posted on 02/11/2015 2:03:36 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: nascarnation

If all the available CVPIs didn’t have 200K-300k miles on them, I would buy one for the sole reason of being left alone while on the freeway.


32 posted on 02/11/2015 2:14:00 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Sergio

LOL this one was a beater for sure but my buddy is an engineering lab technician and real capable with the repairs.
A lot of these went into taxi service and did 300-400k miles.


33 posted on 02/11/2015 2:16:43 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: jjotto

Good point. I think a lot of those were used as taxis.


34 posted on 02/11/2015 2:29:49 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: jjotto

They should be an outrageous tax on booze (of all kinds) like they do cigarettes making it out of reach for many.
THAT would reduce accidents.

Liquor is responsible for more death and destruction than cigarettes EVER have or EVER will.


35 posted on 10/01/2015 2:36:51 PM PDT by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texam (girl type))
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