I think it depends what you're crashing into. Anything robust and stationary you're probably worse off. Fatal roll-over crashes were significantly worse for SUV

I think it depends what you're crashing into. Anything robust and stationary you're probably worse off. Fatal roll-over crashes were significantly worse for SUVs in the 90s, but I believe modern SUVs are now much safer. Accord to this graph (http://bestride.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/deaths-per-vehicle-type-graph.png http://bestride.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/deaths-per-ve...) the safest vehicles seem to be large cars and midsized SUVs. Pickups and large SUVs seem really dangerous. With that said, consider the role of each class of vehicle: Large cars (station wagons, vans) and mid-sized SUVs are all likely "family cars."