Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Report Confirms That Collisions In Small Vehicles Cause More Injuries

It should come as no surprise that you are more likely to be injured as a passenger in a small vehicle.  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute reported has provided accident safety data on a wide range of vehicle models including mini, small and midsize four-door cars. Clearly smaller vehicles had more frequent than average personal injury claims.  Below is a comparison of mini 4-door cars and large SUVs. Not only are personal injury claims higher in the smaller vehicles but so are collision claims.

To see the data on all vehicle models reviewed including years prior to 2009 to to the IIHS website at www.iihs.org.



MINI 4-DOORS 2009-11

Vehicle Collision Property damage Compre-
hensive
Personal
injury
Medical
payment
Bodily
injury
Chevrolet Aveo 127 123 105 183 212 175
Ford Fiesta 98 95 104 134 140
Hyundai Accent 127 131 81 173 214 179
Kia Rio 115 121 84 175 203 151
Mazda 2 91
130


Toyota Yaris 112 101 89 201 171 125
Toyota Yaris hatchback 89 91 73 127 146 94


LARGE SUVs 2009-11
Vehicle Collision Property damage Compre-
hensive
Personal
injury
Medical
payment
Bodily
injury
Buick Enclave 83 101 91 62 61 90
Buick Enclave 4WD 90 116 101 56 62 98
Chevrolet Tahoe 68 108 97 59 70 93
Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD 66 112 95 58 61 96
Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid 47
112


Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid 4WD 104 170 111


Chevrolet Traverse 67 100 86 79 74 88
Chevrolet Traverse 4WD 75 108 97 77 75 81
Dodge Durango 116
103


Dodge Durango 4WD 66
127


Ford Expedition 78 84 108 57 65
Ford Expedition 4WD 86 102 119 56 60
GMC Acadia 63 96 74 66 62 81
GMC Acadia 4WD 70 108 85 62 51 85
GMC Yukon 67 116 108 64 53 92
GMC Yukon 4WD 83 126 113 57 44 87
GMC Yukon hybrid 4WD 74
83


Nissan Armada 88 109 112 93 91 89
Nissan Armada 4WD 89 102 119 83 79
Toyota Sequoia 87 123 89


Toyota Sequoia 4WD 105 131 226 54

Volkswagen Touareg 4WD 99
116


Scale
Substantially better
Better than average
Average
Worse than average
Substantially worse

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