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New Technology Could Reduce Rollover Risk
June 26, 2006
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently announced that a technology called electronic stability control (ESC) could prevent up to one-third of all fatal auto crashes in the United States annually. ESC can help prevent vehicles from rolling over in an accident, according to the group.
Every year approximately 34,000 people die in auto accidents. About one in three of these deaths is attributable to rollover. It has been long known that SUVs have a greater propensity for rollover in an accident, compared to passenger vehicles. Rollover crashes are tremendously dangerous: while they account for only three percent of all car crashes, they are responsible for 10,000 deaths annually.
According to the recent study, electronic stability control technology could reduce the risk of single-vehicle SUV rollovers by 80 percent. Single passenger vehicle rollovers could be reduced by 77 percent. Additionally, this technology could reduce the risk of fatal accidents by 43 percent.
The vice president for research at the Insurance Institute feels that ESC should be standard on all vehicles.
Stability control automatically applies brakes to the vehicle's wheels individually if they sense that the vehicle is veering off course. This feature has been installed on vehicles more in recent years.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently developing a new performance standard proposal to be released later in the year. According to their records, approximately 70 percent of all new SUVs come equipped with this life-saving technology.
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