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.
Not exact matches
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).
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.
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).
While
deaths and injuries are most common among
passengers and
drivers, those outside the
vehicle are also at risk.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Drivers and
Passengers in our communities within the SmartDrive mission to reduce and eliminate Teen
Driver and
Passenger deaths and injuries in motor
vehicle crashes:
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Driver and
Passenger deaths in motor
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