[ghaff]

Luxury cars do tend to do pretty well among late model cars in terms of fatality rates--haven't seen rates for accidents overall. But the biggest correlation is probably that bigger cars are safer and smaller cars less so:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-lists-cars-with-highest-a...

The fatality rates are probably also notably better on late model cars relative to clunkers because of safety features.

[Scarblac]

But this is overanalyzing, if we use only the "1 fatality in 130 million miles" stat. That 1 fatality was a car driving under a truck at speed and losing its entire top half.

I don't think more expensive cars are less likely to have that kind of accident, nor would it be less fatal.

[ghaff]

I was responding to a specific comment. I agree that fatality statistics are utterly meaningless based on one event.