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NHTSA study indicates hybrids have higher pedestrian crash rates

A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists under certain scenarios. According to state-level accident data, 77 of 8,387 hybrid vehicles (that's .9 percent) were involved in crashes with pedestrians and 48 (.6 percent) were found to have been in accidents with bicyclists. By way of comparison, 3,578 of 559,703 non-hybrid vehicles (.6 percent) were involved in pedestrian accidents and 1,862 (.3 percent) were ... Read more →

Vibering concept protects blind from those silent killers called hybrids Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more pictures of the Vibering concept Cars can be dangerous objects, there's no doubt about it. While the most obvious danger is definitely an accident while driving, there are other ...

NHTSA study indicates hybrids have higher pedestrian crash rates 1 month ago on Autoblog

A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists under certain scenarios. According to state-level accident data, 77 of 8,387 hybrid vehicles (that's .9 percent) were ...

Vibering concept protects blind from those silent killers called hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more pictures of the Vibering concept Cars can be dangerous objects, there's no doubt about it. While the most obvious danger is definitely an accident while driving, there are other ways your car could kill you. Exhaust from gasoline vehicles is very dangerous, and diesel soot can ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

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