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Top 20 Most Dangerous Vehicles
by Bengt Halvorson
Monday, July 30, 2007
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Hoping to stay safe on the road? You might want to avoid certain cars.

For example, the Nissan 350Z has a death rate that's about double that of the average sports car.

But it's not for the reasons you might think. In this case, says Russ Rader, communications director for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an organization that represents the interests of the insurance industry, the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car.

"When they are in crashes," he adds, "they're particularly serious ones."

This illustrates a key point: Simply looking at the historical death rates for one particular model might not give much insight into the relative danger, or safety, of driving that vehicle. Furthermore, the most recent available federal data, interpreted by make and model by the IIHS, covers 2001 to 2004 model years in calendar years 2002 to 2005. Many models have had significant changes in safety equipment or complete redesigns since then.

 

If you look at the actual Top 20, the Z is not among them (the Stook is, though, as well as the tC and Mazda3).

-Ed

 

Yeah, if you look at the Top 20 list, the Z isn't even there. I think its a very safe car compared to most...you just need to be able to drive.

 

woohoo we win the top of the list!

 

I was in a pretty severe crash in my Z about a year and a half ago when I hit a patch of ice, slid into a ditch and side-swiped a hardwood fence. Over $13,000 damage to the car.....and I didn't have a scratch on me. There was no actual structural damage to the car- just superficial- and the guy at the bodyshop (who was in his 50s) said it was one of the best built cars he ever worked on. IMO its a well-built and relatively safe car.

 

Repost.

 

As we used to say in developing software, if you make your program idiot-proof, the world will just come up with bigger idiots.

The Z is a fairly dangerous car for irresponsible morons to drive.

 

Yet another rehash of the same old IIHS data...

https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/289870-350z-makes-it-into-forbes-top-20-dangerous-vehicles.html