RD4
09-15-2005, 11:14 AM
Since NHTSA chose not to put out a press release on what we here at SUV Owners of America think is truly newsworthy, we'll give it to you striaght. NHTSA just released the final fatality data for 2004 and it shows that there is no SUV safety crisis as has been portrayed by the media and others. Here's some key findings:
-Occupant fatality rate in SUVs declined by 4.7% (page 56);
-SUV passenger fatality rate in "rollover" crashes declined by 1% (page 96);
-and what about the unfortunate people in cars getting hit by SUVs?
"Occupants killed in two-vehicle crashes involving a car and an LTV (light
truck or SUV) declined by 3.3% (page 107).
Full data at:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/PPT/2004AnnualAssessment.pdf
Ron DeFore
Communications Director
SUV Owners of America
www.suvoa.org
(and former director of public & consumer affairs at NHTSA)
-Occupant fatality rate in SUVs declined by 4.7% (page 56);
-SUV passenger fatality rate in "rollover" crashes declined by 1% (page 96);
-and what about the unfortunate people in cars getting hit by SUVs?
"Occupants killed in two-vehicle crashes involving a car and an LTV (light
truck or SUV) declined by 3.3% (page 107).
Full data at:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/PPT/2004AnnualAssessment.pdf
Ron DeFore
Communications Director
SUV Owners of America
www.suvoa.org
(and former director of public & consumer affairs at NHTSA)