• vividspecter@lemm.eeOP
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    10 months ago

    Some bullet points from the linked study:

    • Children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to children struck by a passenger car.

    • Passenger cars are underrepresented in fatal pedestrian and pedal-cyclist fatalities.

    • SUVs struck 14.7% of the pedestrians and pedal-cyclists studied, but were involved in 25.4% of the fatalities.

    • Blacks are overrepresented as pedestrian and pedal-cyclist crash victims.

    • Hospital charges are highest among those struck by pickup trucks, and those aged 65 and older.

    • Regulatory interventions may help reduce the harm caused to human bodies by large motor vehicles.

    But yeah, perhaps a quick summary in the main article would have been helpful.