“To put it simply, pickup trucks and SUVs are two to three times more likely than smaller personal vehicles to kill people walking in the event of a crash.”
Pickups are about 1,256 pounds heavier than in 1990. NHTSA knew SUVs were deadlier for pedestrians in 2015 and put it on page 90 of a 195-page report. The share of pedestrian deaths involving trucks, vans and SUVs doubled to 44 percent. The US crash rating program still doesn’t test what a car does to anyone outside it.