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  • Research Determines SUVs Kill More Pedestrians

    10/07/2005 11:23:50 AM PDT · by texianyankee · 44 replies · 674+ views
    CNNinternational ^ | October 7, 2005 | Reuters
    LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Sports utility vehicles may feel safer for their drivers but they are more deadly than other cars for pedestrians, Irish scientists said on Friday. Research has shown that the chance of killing or seriously injuring a pedestrian is two to four times higher for someone driving an SUV, or 4X4 vehicle, than a car. "There is clearly a higher risk for pedestrians when they are struck by a light truck or SUV compared to a passenger car," Dr. Ciaran Simms, an expert in mechanical engineering at Trinity College in Dublin, told Reuters. Elderly pedestrians and children...