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I haven't read all the linked materials, but the reference provided[1] with the sentence "To put it simply, pickup trucks and SUVs are two to three times more l
by daxuak 5y ago
I haven't read all the linked materials, but the reference provided[1] with the sentence "To put it simply, pickup trucks and SUVs are two to three times more likely than smaller personal vehicles to kill people walking in the event of a crash." said the following:
"The majority of fatal pedestrian crashes involve light vehicles.[210] About one-third of pedestrians who are injured are struck by an SUV or pickup truck (see Appendix VII, Table VII-1), which corresponds closely to the make-up of SUVs and pickups in the U.S. vehicle fleet. However, SUVs and pickups account for closer to 40 percent of pedestrian fatalities, which suggests that injuries may be more severe when sustained in collisions with these vehicles. "
So at least for this one relieable source, SUVs or pickups are not hitting more people because of size/hight as argued by the blog. They tend to result in more damage in the accidents, instead.
[1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/16/2015-31323/new-car-assessment-program https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/16/2015-31...
- lazyasciiart 5y agoThe blog is not, by my reading, arguing that SUVs are hitting more people. It lists quite specific reasons that the impacts are worse when hit by an SUV etc than by a smaller car.
- daxuak 5y agoIt is strongly implied in figure1, figure 3, and explictly expressed ("You don’t need a PhD to see why trucks and SUVs are more likely to kill people walking: They’re taller, have worse visibility, and are more likely to produce head/neck injuries than leg injuries."). The cited reference did not directly support the visibility argumentt or the specific injury types (although I do not doubt that they could be true).