New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds.

IIHS researchers analyzed pedestrian crashes to develop injury risk curves showing how speed affects crash outcomes. They found that the effect of crash speed on injury risk was magnified for vehicles with taller front ends. Compared with risk curves developed using crash data from Europe, where tall passenger vehicles are less common, risk curves for the U.S. show pedestrians here begin to suffer more serious injuries at lower speeds.

  • chillinit@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Your argument is that a lighter vehicle will have a larger drop-off in speed,

    This is where you went wrong.

    But, you’re not asking questions. So, I’ll not invest into answers.