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Is it the car that's deadly, or does the car attract deadly drivers? For example, are there other, stronger predictors of deadly accidents such as age, geograp
by ansy 15y ago
Is it the car that's deadly, or does the car attract deadly drivers?
For example, are there other, stronger predictors of deadly accidents such as age, geography, or occupation? And are those people more likely to buy certain cars? I notice Buick has fewer deaths per million, but could that be because Buick attracts more cautious or less frequent drivers?
I assume the IIHS has competent statisticians. But I'd still be interested to see how strongly the differences between drivers factor into this.
- jasontraff 15y agoI wondered about this too. The other part is -- how much is a car driven. Even if you look at behavior, is a 350z that much safer than a Porsche 911? Or is it just that 350z are driven [X] number of times more often, in the same manner, and thus result in a much higher death rate.
- veyron 15y agoThe porsche 911 line definitely handles better than the 350Z. Even in bad weather, which is where I would expect most of the accidents would have occurred.