The problem isn't the SUV, it's the people driving them. They look like and are marketed as a big station wagon, people buy them and viola! They don't handle like a station wagon. In fact, they aren't a station wagon at all.
They are a really short, and in some cases narrow, truck with a high CG and they are extremely sensitive to pilot error. You just can't expect a SUV that sits a foot and a half off the ground to handle like mom's ford tarus.
And if you do, you're going to pay for it.
Most people don't even know how to properly operate front wheel drive vehicles, let alone a mammoth SUV. It's no wonder they are getting killed.