Do sports utility vehicles (SUVs) cause more severe injuries to pedestrians and cyclists than passenger cars, in the case of a crash? Findings from Great Britain, 2004-2023
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Author(s)
Goodman, Anna
Edwards, Phil
Laverty, Anthony A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We used police-reported road crash data from Great Britain, 2004-2023, to examine whether being hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) is more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists than being hit by a passenger car. In adjusted analyses, being hit by an SUV increased the odds of fatality by a modest amount in adults (odds ratio 1.14 (95% confidence interval 1.02, 1.28)). In children the odds of fatality increased considerably (odds ratio 1.77 (1.33, 2.35) in children aged 0-18 years), with particularly large effects in young children (odds ratio 3.09 (1.92, 4.97) in children aged 0-9 years). Vehicle weight and height showed strong, dose-response associations with injury severity, but vehicle length showed little association.
Date Issued
2025-07-07
Date Acceptance
2025-07-01
Citation
Findings, 2025, 2025
ISSN
2652-8800
Publisher
Findings Press
Journal / Book Title
Findings
Volume
2025
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Published
Date Publish Online
2025-07-07