Last January NHTSA researcher Susan Partyka reported that the rear minivan hatch opened in 1.9 percentof 767 minivan accidents studied that were severe enough to require the vehicle to be towed away.
Audi estimates that, in the accidents which could be addressed by Audi Side Assist, some 80 percentof the injuries are currently fatal or severe, compared to around a half for all accident types.
The other group primarily responsible for accidents were teens between 16 - 19 years old who accounted for ten percentofsevere injuries and seven percentof fatalities.