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A key argument in buying SUVs is that they are safer. You may be safer inside but SUVs are killers.

In the USA, the chances of a pedestrian dying in a single-vehicle crash are 68% higher when that vehicle is an SUV or pickup.
A 10 cm increase in front-end height causes a 22% increase in pedestrian fatality risk.
The survival probability of women, children, and seniors are more strongly affected.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/higher-vehicle-hoods-significantly-increase-pedestrian-deaths-study-finds/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017