摘要: |
In the years 1992 through 2001, 986 sport utility vehicle (SUV) drivers of ages 16 through 19 years were fatally injured in U.S. rollover crashes 128 in the year 2001, the most recent year for which complete data exist in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). In these same years, 1,345 SUV drivers of ages 20-24 sustained fatal injuries in rollovers; of these, 326 occurred in the year 2001. Serious injuries were sustained in SUV rollovers by an estimated 16,000 drivers of ages 16-24 in the years 1992-2001, as estimated by the National Automotive Sampling Systems General Estimates System (GES). |