Car safety stats (risk of death vs risk of killing other drivers)

fft1976 · 2009-04-01T06:36:32+00:00

I found this interesting study that shows the risk to drivers of othervehicles vs the risk to drivers for different 1995-1999 vehiclemodels. cars, it shows Camry to be the safest (with Accord and otherspretty close). The data is not normalized per mile traveled though.What I find odd is that Prizm is considerably less safe than Corolla,according to them. Is there a likely mechanical explanation (dualairbags are standard in both, but perhaps the quality is different),or is this a statistical artifact due to the poorer and thus youngerpeople buying Prizms?By the way, does anyone know of a similar, but more up-to-date study?I'd also like the probabilities of disablement included with the datagiven per mile traveled.

Apr 01, 2009 42 Replies

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jim beam 17 years ago

maybe, but that weight is freakin' HUGE. ridiculously so. there's no reason, other than a few hundred bucks, why /every/ trailer shouldn't have brakes. and thus almost every car be able to pull one.

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jim beam 17 years ago

forget the suv - minivans are the way to go if you want capacity in a safe vehicle.

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Timothy J. Lee 17 years ago

Perhaps Prizms had a higher percentage of rental cars than Corollas?

Rental cars are more likely to be driven by drivers unfamiliar with both the car and local driving laws and conditions.

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