No Surprise — Small Cars & Muscle Cars the Most Deadly

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) did a three-year study of autos with the highest number of fatalities. IIHS Vice President of Research Chuck Farmer said the minicar, the KIA Rio has the highest numbers. The message he — and the IIHS — want taken from the study is to avoid extremes when purchasing a vehicle.

As we know, small cars offer less protection than something larger. And bigger vehicles are more likely to cause serious harm in a crash.

”If you're the smallest vehicle on the road, one mistake could introduce you to a much bigger vehicle, and we all make mistakes," Farmer said and pointed out that muscle cars have high death rates because of aggressive driving. ”These cars that make you want to drive fast are risky to you and everybody else on the road."

These are the highest rates of driver deaths per million for vehicles registered in the years 2021 to 2024:

Kia Rio — minicar

• 170 per million

Nissan Versa — small car

• 164 per million

Chrysler 300 2WD — large car

• 132 per million

Dodge Charger HEMI 2WD — large car

• 127 per million

Dodge Challenger 2WD — large car

• 125 per million

KIA Forte — small car

• 120 per million

Chevolet Malibu — midsize car

• 116 per million

Hyundai Venue 2WE — small SUV

• 113 per million

Nissan Altima — midsize car

• 105 per million

Nissan Maxima — midsize car

• 105 per million

Hyundai Kona 2WD — Small SUV

• 95 per million

KIA K5 — midsize car

• 94 per million

Dodge Charger — large car

• 90 per million

Chevrolet Camaro — large sports car

• 88 per million

Nissan Kicks — small car

• 86 per million

Dodge Durango 2WD — large SUV

• 83 per million

Hyundai Sonata — midsize car

• 83 per million

Subaru Impreza — small car

• 83 per million

Chevrolet Corvette — midsize sportswear

• 82 per million

Nissan Sentra — small car

• 81per million

Source link: Michigan Public — https://bit.ly/4dSvkwp