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SUVs now least likely for rollover crashes

Thanks to electronic stability control and more stable designs SUVs like this Dodge Durango are now half as likely as cars, on average, to be involved in deadly rollover crashes.
Thanks to electronic stability control and more stable designs SUVs like this Dodge Durango are now half as likely as cars, on average, to be involved in deadly rollover crashes.

Once feared for their dangerous rollover tendencies, high-riding SUVs are now much less likely to be involved in the deadly crashes than ordinary cars.

In fact, someone driving a 2009 model year car is almost twice as likely to die in a rollover accident as someone driving a 2009 model year SUV.

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