Consumer Reports: Ford Fiesta highest number of deaths per million, SUV& trucks have less than cars but more than miniv

[S. Pupp]

mattkime wrote:
How does VW 0 end up at zero.

The Golf is a freakin’ awesome car.
Upon impact, it becomes one giant all-encompassing airbag, and absorbs the crash by non-passenger areas crumpling like a soft drink can.
Even the Jetta’s good - I’ve had a friend’s family members walk away without significant injury after an accident that left the car looking unrecognizable as such.

[AllGold]

tenders wrote:
This was adjusted for in the study - "deaths per million vehicle-years," not absolute number of fatalities.

I don't want to drive a vehicle quite that old. miley-laughing001:

Billybob wrote:
As for minivans being the safest, there's no such thing as a "mini" minivan (maybe the Mazda 5 might be considered a compact minivan), whereas there are compact and even subcompact SUVs.

The Chevy Trax and its twin the Buick Encore are SUVs but they are microscopic compared to most everything else. They're basically compact cars that sit high up.