Sport utility vehicles are no better than regular cars when it comes to protecting children, a U.S. study reports.
"Children riding in SUVs were no safer in crashes than those riding in passenger cars," says co-author Dr. Dennis Durbin, a pediatric emergency physician....
The study goes against the popular wisdom that SUVs are safer than smaller vehicles.
"We assumed, as I think most consumers do, that because of the larger size and heavier weight of the SUVs, that they would naturally be safer," Durbin says.
The added weight and size do make a difference, but that's offset because SUVs roll over 2.5 times more commonly than cars, and the chance of a child being hurt in a rollover accident is three times greater, Durbin said.
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