The rating of the safest cars

Recently, a study was conducted by the Insurance Institute for Road Safety. According to his toga, the employees compiled a list that includes the safest cars to date.

During the study, the safety characteristics of cars were taken into account, as well as cars in which there were no deaths over the past four years. The top of the championship went to the Audi Q7. The second place is also occupied by the German brand with the Volkswagen Tiguan crossover. The top three is closed by the all-wheel drive Toyota Tacoma Double Cab.

The cars then ranked in the following order: Mazda CX-9, Audi A6 (4x4), Jeep Cherokee, BMW 535i and 535xi, Lexus RX 350, Lexus CT 200h and at the end of the ranking is the Mercedes-Benz M-class.

If you take a closer look at this list, you can pay attention to the fact that it contains a lot of models of crossovers and SUVs, and very few sedans. Institute specialists explain this fact by simple laws of physics. When two cars with roughly the same crash test safety scores collide, the heavier vehicle wins. That is, the passengers of the car that weighs less will suffer more. A kenguryatnik is also a good defense.

As for the anti-rating, where the mortality rate is the highest, the models Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, as well as the Japanese Toyota Scion tC are in the lead here. For this list, the values \u200b\u200bof the number of deaths per million of such machines used were taken.

In general, according to the results of this study, scientists came to the conclusion that the safest cars are large SUVs.