Report Confirms That Collisions In Small Vehicles Cause More Injuries

It should come as no surprise that you are more likely to be injured as a passenger in a small vehicle.  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute reported has provided accident safety data on a wide range of vehicle models including mini, small and midsize four-door cars. Clearly smaller vehicles had more frequent than average personal injury claims.  Below is a comparison of mini 4-door cars and large SUVs. Not only are personal injury claims higher in the smaller vehicles but so are collision claims.

To see the data on all vehicle models reviewed including years prior to 2009 to to the IIHS website at www.iihs.org.



MINI 4-DOORS 2009-11

Vehicle	Collision	Property damage	Compre- hensive	Personal injury	Medical payment	Bodily injury
Chevrolet Aveo	127	123	105	183	212	175
Ford Fiesta	98	95	104	134	140
Hyundai Accent	127	131	81	173	214	179
Kia Rio	115	121	84	175	203	151
Mazda 2	91		130
Toyota Yaris	112	101	89	201	171	125
Toyota Yaris hatchback	89	91	73	127	146	94

LARGE SUVs 2009-11

Vehicle	Collision	Property damage	Compre- hensive	Personal injury	Medical payment	Bodily injury
Buick Enclave	83	101	91	62	61	90
Buick Enclave 4WD	90	116	101	56	62	98
Chevrolet Tahoe	68	108	97	59	70	93
Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD	66	112	95	58	61	96
Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid	47		112
Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid 4WD	104	170	111
Chevrolet Traverse	67	100	86	79	74	88
Chevrolet Traverse 4WD	75	108	97	77	75	81
Dodge Durango	116		103
Dodge Durango 4WD	66		127
Ford Expedition	78	84	108	57	65
Ford Expedition 4WD	86	102	119	56	60
GMC Acadia	63	96	74	66	62	81
GMC Acadia 4WD	70	108	85	62	51	85
GMC Yukon	67	116	108	64	53	92
GMC Yukon 4WD	83	126	113	57	44	87
GMC Yukon hybrid 4WD	74		83
Nissan Armada	88	109	112	93	91	89
Nissan Armada 4WD	89	102	119	83	79
Toyota Sequoia	87	123	89
Toyota Sequoia 4WD	105	131	226	54
Volkswagen Touareg 4WD	99		116

Scale
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Average
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Substantially worse