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Yet about 35 percent of passenger vehicle deaths occur during rollover crashes.

Not exact matches

By focusing on the safety of passengers, Tesla vehicles have avoided vehicle collisions that could have led to critical injuries and deaths, by extension, causing traffic.

No fewer than five people escaped death Tuesday afternoon in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital after a passenger bus collided with a sport utility vehicle and...

7 The motor vehicle fatality rate in the United States — the average number of deaths per passenger - mile of driving — has dropped by roughly 80 percent in the past half century.

Seventy - one percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the other vehicle was a car.

By 2000 - 01 these percentages had almost reversed — 57 percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by another passenger vehicle involved striking SUVs or pickups, while 43 percent involved striking cars (see Attachment 2, Table 2).

Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash, necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger seat occupant or other occupants possibly causing serious injury or death.

In the real world, two of the largest, heaviest passenger vehicles on the road, the Chevy Suburban 2WD, and the Ford Expedition 2WD have driver death rates higher than the compact Chevy Equinox and Ford Escape.

Vehicles roll in just 2 percent of crashes, but these crashes account for more than a third of passenger vehicle occupant deaths.

About 9,600 people were killed in side impacts in 2002, and in crashes between two passenger vehicles more driver deaths now occur in vehicles struck in the side than in the front.

The effect of the changing vehicle mix and changing risks for occupants in struck vehicles is apparent in the fact that 70 percent of driver deaths in passenger vehicles struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the striking vehicle was another car.

In crashes involving newer model cars in collisions with other passenger vehicles, more driver deaths now occur in cars struck in the side (51 percent) than in the front (44 percent).

From a high of 68 deaths attributed to inflating airbags in 1995 model vehicles, only 1 such death occurred in a 2004 model (a 56 - year - old woman in the front passenger seat).

To examine the effects of the regulatory changes, this study computed rate ratios (RR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) for passenger vehicle driver deaths per vehicle registration during 2000 — 2002 at principal impact points of 12 o'clock for 1998 — 99 model year vehicles relative to 1997 models.

«If all passenger vehicles had ESC, we would prevent thousands of deaths each year.»

While deaths and injuries are most common among passengers and drivers, those outside the vehicle are also at risk.

Each vehicle has multiple ride points, many with mounted turrets or open weapons holes, meaning that other soldiers can hop and act not only as passengers but as a collective mobile unit of death.

It is worth noting that a Tesla vehicle is over five times less likely to experience a fire than the average gasoline car and that there have been zero serious injuries or deaths for any reason ever, fire or otherwise, in a Model S. Over the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the road.

Traffic accidents involving oil and gas trucks are more likely to result in serious injuries and death to occupants of passenger vehicles involved in the collision due to the massive weight of the truck and the type of cargo being hauled.

Roughly three percent of American collisions involve a rollover but roughly 30 percent of all traffic deaths among those riding in a passenger vehicle happen in a rollover accident.

Kevin has enjoyed a diverse practice in all areas of personal injury litigation including legal malpractice, accounting malpractice, products liability, motor vehicle accidents involving both commercial and private passenger vehicles, wrongful death, unfair trade practice matters, and premises liability.

A crash or death if any of these people are injured or killed in a motor vehicle as a driver, passenger, or as a pedestrian or cyclist.

Truck accidents can cause serious catastrophic injuries or wrongful death for the drivers and passengers of smaller passenger vehicles.

Their dangerous driving may cause death or injury to passengers in their vehicle, pedestrians, cyclists or other motorists.

In fatal crashes involving a passenger vehicle and a large truck, 98 percent of the deaths were occupants of the passenger vehicles.

However, statistical data on two vehicle crashes that involved a collision of a large truck with a passenger automobile indicates that the occupants inside the passenger vehicle were at greater risk of dying, and accounted for 97 percent of all deaths.

When a vehicle loses control on a slippery road and crashes into another, the drivers and passengers may suffer injuries ranging from bruising and whiplash to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and even death.

Wrongful Death Motorcycle riders have a greater chance of being killed in an accident than people who drive passenger vehicles.

Deciding factors include license type, age of the driver, whether or not there were other passengers in the vehicle, and if serious injury or death occurred because of a drunk driver.

Motorcycle accidents result in a higher rate of severe injuries and deaths than collisions that involve only passenger vehicles.

Commercial trucks including 18 wheelers / semi tractor trailers are heavy, which means accident victims traveling in compact cars, SUV's, motorcycles and other passenger vehicles often suffer serious injuries or death.

In Kane County, Illinois a motor vehicle accident where a car hit a house has resulted in the death of a passenger, according to the Kane County Chronicle.

These deaths occurred in 32,166 separate police - reported crashes, and most of the deaths were occupants of passenger vehicles.

Even though trucks are only responsible for about three percent of motor vehicle accidents involving injury, trucking accidents usually result in far greater physical harm and the ratio of deaths to number of accidents involving trucks is much higher than it is for passenger cars.

And when any large vehicle collides with a smaller passenger vehicle — the force and weight of the crash could lead to catastrophic injuries or a wrongful death.

Because of the exposed nature of motorcycles, including their smaller profile and lack of structural support for the riders, motorcycle accidents are far more likely to result in serious injury or death than typical passenger vehicle accidents.

Danger on the road can strike at any time, and it only takes the failure of a single vehicle component to put you, your passengers, and other motorists at serious risk of serious injury and / or wrongful death.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bicyclists are at a greater risk of crash - related injury and death than the people who are operating or passengers in motor vehicles.

A violent highway collision pitting a conventional car, truck or motorcycle against a much larger commercial vehicle, such as a milk truck, agricultural hauler, a semi trailer or 18 - wheeler, often results in life - changing injuries or wrongful death for motorists and passengers.

While annual passenger vehicle fatalities declined by approximately 5 -LCB- d37eae5b8410ed8fb22098597e6ecfa689963c7e8a6548fdf24949bed3e82123 -RCB- from 1997 to 2008, over the same time period the number of annual deaths in motorcycle accidents more than doubled.

1,277 and more deaths occurred due to car accidents all across the Ohio state, out of which 54 % were passengers in vehicles, other 23 % were driven by light moving trucks or heavy vehicles.

The California auto insurance minimum liability requirements for private passenger vehicles are $ 15,000 for the injury or death of one person, $ 30,000 for injury or death of more than one person, and $ 5,000 for property damage.

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Third party insurance as mandated by the law is an insurance plan which covers any kind of bodily damage, injury or death caused to a third party or his property, whereas, comprehensive insurance plan provides cover against any kind of injury caused to the buyer, or a co passenger or to the plan buyer's vehicle.