These are the deadliest cars on the road:
They’re each at least two times as likely as the average auto to be involved in a deadly accident.
Perhaps not surprisingly, all of the vehicles on the list are either small cars or sport coupes. All else being equal, the laws of physics dictate that larger and heavier vehicles inherently protect their occupants in a collision better than will smaller and lighter ones. And sports cars are just plain built for going fast and driving aggressively – nobody buys a low-slung speedster just to pilot passively to church on Sundays.
“Subcompact cars have a fatal accident rate of 4.5 cars per billion vehicle miles, which is almost double the overall average, sports cars are the vehicle segment with the highest fatal accident rate of 4.6 cars per billion vehicle miles,” says iSeeCars CEO Phong Ly. “Passenger cars also have a higher fatal accident rate than trucks and SUVs, which are larger vehicles.”
At that, size likewise matters among sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks. While SUVs have a fatal accident rate that is 34 percent lower than the overall average, compact and subcompact models tend to have the highest fatal accident rates within the segment. At the top of that list is the Kia Sportage with a fatal accident rate of 3.8 cars per billion vehicle miles. The pickup truck from the 2013-2017 model years having the highest fatality rate is the midsize Nissan Frontier at 3.
In most cases, the vehicles that recorded the highest fatality rates are those that scored poorly in crash tests, especially those conducted by the IIHS, and offered little in the way of advanced safety features. “By selecting a vehicle with favorable crash test ratings across the board as well as with active safety features, you are more likely to be protected in the case of a serious acciden, Ly advises.
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