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Contact a Miami SUV Rollover Lawyer
Sport utility vehicles have the highest rate of deaths occurring in rollovers. Cars such as the Ford Explorer, Toyota 4 Runner, Isuzu Rodeo, and Honda Passport have been involved in SUV rollovers that have ended up in serious injuries and death. SUV rollovers are almost three times more likely to occur than the average passenger car, and government tests indicate the most stable SUV is still more unstable than the most unstable car. What does this say about the safety of SUVs on the road?
Rollovers are among the most dangerous types of vehicle crashes due to the high incidence of occupant ejection and head injuries.
In 2000, statistics showed that 10,108 people died in SUV rollovers. That means 62% of all SUV deaths are the result of SUV rollover. Even more alarming, is the withholding of information to consumers about this information. Considering the SUV has become a popular family car, consumers should be aware of the risk the vehicles are putting their families in. After the results of SUV rollover rates in 2000, pressure from the auto industry led Congress to block the immediate publications of these statistics.
SUV popularity created a large increase in sales in the 1990s, and because there was so much consumer demand for these cars, carmakers continued to manufacture SUVs. Because the vehicle has changed from simply being an off-road vehicle to a family car, manufacturers have also removed the roll bar that protects drivers and passengers in a rollover situation. Many SUV rollover accidents occur because of the unusual propensity the large car has to rollover when steered hard in foreseeable accident avoidance maneuvers. Also, the size and height of an SUV may increase the danger for rollovers to occur. SUV defects, like weak roofs and safety restraint system failures, are some of the heightened risks involved in an SUV rollover situation.
An internal Ford e-mail, produced as evidence in lawsuits against Ford, and obtained by CBS News, shows company engineers were worried about passing rollover tests back in 1989. Ford's response was that the engineers were "worried" but a single document is meaningless.
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