Are SUVs safer than cars? How safe are SUVs?

Many people are hesitant when buying a car, whether to buy a sedan or an SUV. In fact, these two types of cars have their own advantages and disadvantages. Many people consider safety and say that SUVs are safer than sedans. Is this true? In fact, there are many controversies about which is safer, SUVs or sedans. Let's take a look!

Are SUVs safer than cars?

There is a lot of controversy over whether SUVs or sedans are safer. The IIHS 2017 fatality rate report pointed out that in all types of accidents, the overall fatality rate of SUVs is 21 per 1 million, while the overall fatality rate of sedans is 39 per 1 million.

But if we shift the focus from mortality to other aspects, the results may be different. For example, sedans have a lower center of gravity, so they perform better in the moose test. Sedans generally have a speed of 70-80 km/h, while SUVs generally have a speed of 60-70 km/h. In addition, sedans have a trunk as a crumple zone, so they have an advantage in dealing with rear-end collisions.

How safe is an SUV?

Maybe it's because people always think that tall things are safe, so some people associate SUVs with safety. In fact, there is no necessary correlation between them. The safety of SUVs is reflected in the high field of vision, which can fully observe the surrounding situation, but SUVs also have two shortcomings: the high center of gravity and the soft suspension tuning. These two characteristics determine that its dynamic stability is not as good as that of sedans, and it is more prone to tilt and rollover. The test drive accident at the Audi 4S store in Suqian some time ago is a living example. The tricycle hit the left rear wheel of the Q5 at a not very fast speed, causing it to tilt and roll, resulting in a tragedy.

What are the advantages of SUV

Compared with sedans of the same level, SUVs have advantages in terms of space, size and weight.

IHS once provided the death rate of one million registered vehicles and classified them by vehicle size. The data showed that the lowest number of deaths was in the MINI group of sedans, and the death rate of the rest of the size classes from low to high was also climbing. However, compared with sedans of the same level, the death rate of SUVs is lower.

Therefore, the size of the space also greatly affects the safety of the car. For cars and SUVs of the same level, the space of SUVs is larger than that of cars, so the mortality rate of SUVs of the same level is lower than that of cars.

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The cost of using an SUV is higher than that of a car. Because the body of an SUV is relatively high and its drag coefficient is large, the fuel consumption of an SUV will be higher than that of a car under the same conditions, and the cost of using the car will increase relatively. In addition, the most direct issue is the tire replacement. Because the editor's SUV just had its tires replaced, the tires are generally narrower than those of cars. If the tires of a car are replaced with Continental ones, the cost of one tire is less than 300 yuan.