top 10 trucks and SUVs

Key Points:

• A Hines Law report identifies the top 10 vehicles that pose the greatest danger to other drivers based on annual fatality rates, highlighting a significant disparity between deaths of the vehicle's own drivers versus other drivers involved in crashes.
• The Ram 3500 crew cab long bed 4WD ranks as the most dangerous vehicle for other motorists, with other drivers being over five times more likely to die in a crash involving this truck, which also causes 93% more property damage claims than average.
• Heavy pickups dominate the list, including the Chevrolet Silverado 3500 and Ram 2500, which have high fatality rates for other drivers but relatively low death rates for their own drivers, reflecting their large size and weight (over 6,700 pounds).
• The Ford F-150 SuperCrew 2WD, though lighter at 4,500 pounds, still poses a severe risk, with other drivers more than 14 times as likely to die in crashes involving this vehicle compared to its own driver.
• The study also notes that pedestrians hit by SUVs face significantly higher fatality risks, prompting some UK experts to call for size restrictions on SUVs, a measure considered unlikely in the US due to cultural acceptance of large trucks.