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I think Ford and Chevy have contributed more. The proliferation of high profile vehicles has made accidents that would normally be a broken leg into a crushed chest cavity.

Intuitively I would agree.

Modern pickup trucks have such high, long hoods nowadays.

There is a big blind spot on the front of the vehicle, especially pronounced with short objects, kids and pets.

Wonder if there is data that to run a hypothesis test?

There's also the fact that if you get hit by the high moving wall called a pick-up or SUV, the person goes under the vehicle which is called a "frontover" (opposite of a backover for when a car backs over a person, often a kid).

I'm not sure what it's called when you have a curved, low car hit someone and they go over the hood, but it's somewhate safer, especially at lower speeds. Speaking of which, designing streets so cars go 20 MPH makes collisions much safer compared to 30 MPH (or 40 MPH) which is highly fatal. https://www.tigard-or.gov/your-government/departments/commun...

Keep in mind that signs alone won't slow down cars.

What if people are walking more often than 40 years ago?

Does that also imply that fewer people are in cars, so those who are in cars are more likely to cause a fatal accident?

Even if that were responsible for greater pedestrian deaths--and I doubt it is--the US nonetheless has a disgustingly high pedestrian death rate.

I doubt it's the sole problem. But it definitely is a big problem.

https://www.valuepenguin.com/top-deadliest-vehicles

Edit: Sorry wrong link here's the one I meant to share. https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-s...

Tesla actually has automatic emergency braking which has contributed to its excellent scores on the Euro NCAP tests. Obviously, it might not work every time and you shouldn't rely on it, but generally Teslas are some of the safest cars around.

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