研究发现,SUV因其设计对行人和骑自行车者构成更大的致命风险。 SUVs pose a higher fatal risk to pedestrians and cyclists due to their design, study finds.

伦敦卫生和热带医学学院和伦敦帝国学院的一项研究发现,被SUV袭击的行人和骑自行车者死亡的可能性比标准汽车袭击者高44%,儿童的风险上升到82%。 A study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London found that pedestrians and cyclists struck by SUVs are 44% more likely to die than those hit by standard cars, with the risk rising to 82% for children. 研究人员分析了35年来超过680,000起道路事故,将较高风险归咎于SUV的前端。 Researchers analyzed over 680,000 road accidents over 35 years, attributing the higher risk to SUVs' taller front ends. 用标准车取代所有SUV可以将欧洲的行人和骑自行车者死亡人数减少8%,美国则减少17%。 Replacing all SUVs with standard cars could reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities by 8% in Europe and 17% in the US.