300Nutter
Senior Member
Wow...who would have thought?
Quote:
"When a Cadillac Escalade and a Honda Civic collide head-on, you don’t need a degree in physics to understand that the Escalade is probably going to win. But new research finds the extent of the Escalade’s advantage isn’t just its physical size, but its more massive sticker price.
A new study by the University of Buffalo found a correlation between accidents in which personal injury claims are filed and the size and price of the vehicles involved. In other words, more people get hurt in small, cheap cars than big, expensive ones — and the money matters a lot.
“We found that vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost,” said Dietrich Jehle, a professor of medicine and biomedical research at the University of Buffalo. “For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. We also found that for every 1,000-pound increase in weight, vehicles were 19 percent safer.”
The study draws its conclusions based on the frequency of medical claims in collisions involving 360 different 2010–2012 car and truck models, ranging from the Smart ForTwo microcar to heavy-duty 4x4 pickups. It paints a different picture of automobile safety than one might see by relying solely on government crash-test scores, which generally involve single collisions of cars with various barriers. In order to make the data as clean as possible, the study used data collected in states that had no-fault insurance policies and adjusted for driver age and other factors; it also excluded sports cars due to their lower daily use."
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“One of our most surprising findings is that some of the most popular cars on the road fell into the least safe category. For example, the 2-door Honda Accord and the 4-door Honda Civic were both rated at about 40 percent and 30 percent less safe than the average, respectively, while the 4-door Toyota Corolla was more than 50 percent less safe than average.” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.coh7IJQw.dpuf
Also says that a Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, two of the highest-rated and best selling cars, aren't all that safe!
“One of our most surprising findings is that some of the most popular cars on the road fell into the least safe category. For example, the 2-door Honda Accord and the 4-door Honda Civic were both rated at about 40 percent and 30 percent less safe than the average, respectively, while the 4-door Toyota Corolla was more than 50 percent less safe than average.” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.coh7IJQw.dpuf
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/how-the-size-of-your-wallet-protects-you-in-a-car-123390976917.html
Quote:
"When a Cadillac Escalade and a Honda Civic collide head-on, you don’t need a degree in physics to understand that the Escalade is probably going to win. But new research finds the extent of the Escalade’s advantage isn’t just its physical size, but its more massive sticker price.
A new study by the University of Buffalo found a correlation between accidents in which personal injury claims are filed and the size and price of the vehicles involved. In other words, more people get hurt in small, cheap cars than big, expensive ones — and the money matters a lot.
“We found that vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost,” said Dietrich Jehle, a professor of medicine and biomedical research at the University of Buffalo. “For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. We also found that for every 1,000-pound increase in weight, vehicles were 19 percent safer.”
The study draws its conclusions based on the frequency of medical claims in collisions involving 360 different 2010–2012 car and truck models, ranging from the Smart ForTwo microcar to heavy-duty 4x4 pickups. It paints a different picture of automobile safety than one might see by relying solely on government crash-test scores, which generally involve single collisions of cars with various barriers. In order to make the data as clean as possible, the study used data collected in states that had no-fault insurance policies and adjusted for driver age and other factors; it also excluded sports cars due to their lower daily use."
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“One of our most surprising findings is that some of the most popular cars on the road fell into the least safe category. For example, the 2-door Honda Accord and the 4-door Honda Civic were both rated at about 40 percent and 30 percent less safe than the average, respectively, while the 4-door Toyota Corolla was more than 50 percent less safe than average.” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.coh7IJQw.dpuf
Also says that a Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, two of the highest-rated and best selling cars, aren't all that safe!
“One of our most surprising findings is that some of the most popular cars on the road fell into the least safe category. For example, the 2-door Honda Accord and the 4-door Honda Civic were both rated at about 40 percent and 30 percent less safe than the average, respectively, while the 4-door Toyota Corolla was more than 50 percent less safe than average.” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.coh7IJQw.dpuf
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/how-the-size-of-your-wallet-protects-you-in-a-car-123390976917.html
