[rayiner]

Yes, but on the whole we got much heavier trucks from 1980 to 2009 while pedestrian deaths went down.

There’s also the issue that heavier vehicles are inevitable due to EVs. Our bz4x won’t get tagged as a “big evil truck,” but it’s about the same weight as a base model Ford F150. And heavier than a Toyota Tacoma double cab.

[tzs]

Pedestrians will be a lot safer getting hit by you than by an F-150 because of this: https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/toyota-bz4x-2022-su...

[boelboel]

The article acknowledges that rise in vehicle height is only part of it and might explain 10% of the rise. I'm not sure how exactly they measured things but there's no reason things could've gone down while car height simultaneously slowed down the decline.