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Article: SUVs No Safer than Passenger Cars for Children, New Study Finds.
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- January 3, 2006
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Partners for Child Passenger Safety evidence points to need for improved child occupant protection in rollover crashes
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, shows that children riding in SUVs have similar injury risks to children who ride in passenger cars. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, found that an SUV's increased risk of rolling over during a crash offset the safety benefits associated with larger, heavier-weight vehicles.
The study, part of an on-going research collaboration of Children's Hospital and State Farm Insurance Companies, looked at crashes reported to State ...