People in China always think that cars are the most unsafe, especially hatchbacks. In the event of an accident, it is possible that three carriages will become two carriages, two carriages will become one carriage, and one carriage will become a cake. So many hatchbacks that sell well abroad have become sedan cars in China, so is there any research basis for this?
Although people have been talking about this concept for many years, there has never been an official data to support it, so it can only be a guess. But recently, some data finally proved it.
After three years' comprehensive research, IIHS, a foreign authoritative organization, came to the final conclusion: the mortality rate of mini-cars and small cars is much higher than that of large cars, large pickup trucks and minivans, and the safest is large luxury SUVs. This kind of car has the lowest death rate in accidents, so it seems really reasonable to say that it has been circulating in China for so long.
In the past three years, IIHS system has analyzed 147324 accidents, and counted the types and categories of vehicles involved. The statistical results show that smaller vehicles provide less protection for drivers in collisions, especially when small vehicles collide with large vehicles, and people on small vehicles are more seriously injured. According to the statistics of IIHS, the accident death data of seven cars during the three-year period was zero, including GMC Yukon XL, which, as a full-size SUV, was very safe in the accident; There are also Porsche Cayenne, British finidi QX60, Lexus NX 200T and Land Rover Aurora, all of which are medium-sized or medium-sized SUVs with a mortality rate of 0; The death rate of compact car Volkswagen Golf is 0; The death rate of mercedes benz c class in medium-sized cars is 0.
Except for Volkswagen Golf, if the accident mortality rate of other models is zero, everyone still believes it. But why can golf, a compact car, become an accident-free model? That's because in the past three years, Volkswagen Golf has made great progress in safety, paying attention to both performance and safety, so the current accident mortality rate of Volkswagen Golf is extremely low.
So in IIHS statistics, which car has the highest accident death rate? According to statistics, it is still a small car. Among them, Chevrolet Le Cheng has 98 fatalities per million registered vehicles.
There are 108 fatal accidents per million mini-cars, while there are 62 small car categories, and the proportion of medium and large SUVs will be lower. On average, the death rate of all vehicles in accidents is 36 cases per million registered vehicles.
Of course, IIHS's statistics are limited to the driver's mortality rate, and it does not count the mortality rate of other passengers on the bus. But if the driver can survive, it means that he can drive the vehicle to a safe place to a greater extent and improve the survival chances of others in the car.
Nonsense: Indeed, the bigger the car, the more sense of security it brings, so people in China prefer large-size or full-size SUVs. But even such a car can't guarantee that there will be no accidents at all, so it is still an old saying that there are thousands of roads, and safety comes first! Don't drive too fast for you and your family.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.