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by nradov 578 days ago
The actual data shows that some of the largest and most powerful vehicle models have quite low insurance claims for injuries to others.

https://www.iihs.org/topics/auto-insurance/insurance-losses-...

2 comments

Can you provide some examples?

Because when I compare between classes, there is a clear trend in the data you provided where large four-door cars have higher rates of bodily injury than midsize cars, and it goes down again for small and mini.

And it makes sense: in a collision, the heavier vehicle crushes the lighter one.

Am I misreading the data?

Did you look at the data for pickups?
This really just looks like a proxy for social class.

Edit: though interestingly there's an uptick when you get to the ultra-ostentatious vehicles like Bentley and Lamborghini.