Are You Driving The Safest Or Most Dangerous Car In America?

Why does the Toyota Highlander show up twice in the "Lowest rates" list?

Maybe the Highlander's I-4 and V6 are considered separate?

Did someone ring for me?

Lots of foreign makes in the safer list, more domestics in the not-so-safe list. Should I read into this?

UAW every car on the safest list except the G35 can hold 5 people or more so your argument is weak. It seems like safety is last on Ford, GM and Chrysler to do list thus making the car cheaper. How many people own the astro these days?

This list hasn't changed since years. And it still proves ChuckG37 was the smartest user on this site.

Butt, I'm with you!! I didn't respond simply because the comment wasn't ridiculous, hilarious and annoying enough :-) BTW, I was also wondering whether this motive with corn in the shit (the most valuable and balanced comment so far on AutoSpies) was made by your alter ego and it appears it was :) To be honest, I also practiced annoying people heavily, not here but on YouTube though :) As the result I had about 25 hateful comments back on my profile and about zillion responses from angry idiots, either mocked or provoked in my mailbox :) That's really a lot of fun, so simply manipulate their minds and trigger swearing :) Somehow however I've got bored and moved here where I occasionally engage in technical arguments so a more credible nickname was necessary (the one on YouTube was closely related to a dog shit :) If you provide me with some way to PM you, I'll link you my purpose-built YT account to show off how effective Internet hooking can be :) PS. My next nickname anywhere else will certainly be BigAssMackerel :)

I have to say this is a very skewed result. I have to ask if they factored age into this at all as well. Kia spectra, Ford Mustangs, etc. are all cars that a lot of younger newer drivers get behind the wheel of. Not to mention they are typically more aggressive drivers than those you see in X5's and RX350s. I can't remember the last time I saw an X5 or RX go flyin down the highway at 80+. Not to mention most of the time they are probably full of the family where driving safely and safer are key with passengers.

I am not bashing results by any means, but to see the way they got their numbers would be very interesting and seeing if sorting by age would create a difference.

Let's see... an old guy driving a Corolla will make the Corolla a safe car. A speedfreak driving the same Corolla will make that same car a potentially unsafe car due to his driving style. He can put himself and others at risk. This list means nothing.

The joke wasn't funny the first time. Nor the second time. Nor funny here on the third try.

You know what? Stats like this doesn't mean squat. You know why? Because I can say "100% of all drivers die" and that would be legit.

Consumer Reports also perceives Toyota to be a "sporty brand". Right...

Are you Michael Taylor is drag?

LexusBeautyQueen, You're wrong, zero people have died in the BMW 750i, and they have looked much more fabulous while in them. BMWs are the ultimate safety machine, like didn't you know? The LS is just a tin can, everyone knows...LOL!

This list definitely means something. Isn't anyone interested in WHY a person in a Chevy Blazer is almost 17 times more likely to die than in a Toyota Highlander? That is huge! And if you have an Acura RSX, I'd trade it in for an Audi A4 tomorrow. No one ever wants to think that these statistics are real, but they are. Those are real people dying on the roads and the vehicle they chose seems to have some correlation to whether they live or die. The frustration is that with the data presented, its impossible to figure out why.

the people in th ecars on the bad list died from shame not from actually being in accidents

ROTFL :), +1, actually females account for proportionally less accidents than males but this reference to BUTTmonkey earned you the boost anyway :)

This study is really garbage because it relates the driver and the car. Case in point--I was actually looking at getting a Chevy Astro van for utility stuff a couple years ago (it is a great size!). But I did not because it is pretty much the WORST car on the road for safety...not the best! Now maybe Astro drivers are aware of this, so they drive accordingly...

"Chevy Astro, GMC Safari get worst ratings in government crash tests of minivans" - http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0503/21/01-121653.htm

As others have said, this list must be taken with a massive grain of salt. Each vehicle attracts a different demographic, each with different driving habits. This list doesn't separate the data by demographic, thus statistically you cannot draw any real conclusions.

For example, a lot of teens may drive kia spectras because they are dirt cheap. And we all know that teen drivers are more likely to get into accidents than adult drivers thus there are more deaths per million cars.

Am I saying that a kia spectra is as safe as a BMW 7 series?
No, of course not. But I AM saying that you cannot draw that conclusion from this data alone.