Read about a University of Buffalo study that found that
vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost. 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. ... [S]ome 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.
These findings are at odds with some government crash-test ratings, which, the study's authors say, don't take into account the real-world effect of multi-car crashes.
“We found that vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost,” said Jehle. “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. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
“We found that vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost,” said Jehle. “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. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. ” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. ” - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/05/023.html#sthash.bYYBgJDn.dpuf
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