Why is the overall death rate for the Toyota Rav 4 4WD high?

Mevater

Thu, Jul 20 2017, 8:41 am

Why is the overall death rate for the Toyota Rav 4 4WD pretty high, and way higher than the Toyota RAV4 2WD?

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Driver death rates by make and model
One way to compare the relative safety of vehicles is to look at driver death rates. From time to time, IIHS researchers compute the rate at which drivers of individual models are killed in crashes. Rates are given as the number of driver deaths per million registered vehicle years. (A registered vehicle year is one vehicle registered for one year.) To increase the exposure and thereby improve the accuracy of the calculations, results are included for the previous three model years if the vehicle wasn't substantially redesigned during that time. These calculations take into account only deaths of drivers, not passengers, since every vehicle that crashes has a driver, but not every vehicle has passengers.

Death rates are adjusted for driver age and gender. Results for 2008 vehicles are based on a different statistical model that also takes into account calendar year, vehicle age and vehicle density at the garaging location. Information on deaths is from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Data on vehicle registrations comes from IHS Automotive. Some additional information used to compute the 2008 model year results comes from HLDI's database.

Vehicle Overall death rate (with confidence limits)
Volkswagen Tiguan 2WD 0 (0-25)
Kia Sportage 4WD 13 (2-46)
Toyota RAV4 2WD 13 (3-39)
Honda CR-V 4WD 14 (6-22)
Ford Escape 4WD 19 (3-34)
Honda CR-V 2WD 22 (8-36)
Jeep Compass 4WD 22 (0-43)
Toyota RAV4 4WD 25 (7-43)
Hyundai Tucson 2WD 26 (7-45)
Subaru Forester 4WD 28 (3-53)
Mazda CX-5 2WD 29 (6-84)
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2WD 29 (6-86)
Ford Escape 2WD 30 (13-48)
Volkswagen Tiguan 4WD 30 (3-56)
Jeep Wrangler 2-door 4WD 35 (18-51)
Kia Sportage 2WD 37 (6-69)
Jeep Compass 2WD 39 (3-75)
Hyundai Tucson 4WD 41 (0-82)
ALL 2014 VEHICLES 30 (29-32)

The overall driver death rate for all 2014 and equivalent models during 2012-15 was 30 deaths per million registered vehicle years. Eleven models had driver death rates of zero. The highest death rate was 104 for the Hyundai Accent, a four-door minicar.

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topic.....rates

Lowest rates of driver deaths
Fewer than 6 driver deaths per million registered vehicle
years, 2011 and equivalent earlier models, 2009-12 Overall MV SV SV roll
Audi A4 4WD luxury car midsize 0 0 0 0
Honda Odyssey minivan very large 0 0 0 0
Kia Sorento 2WD SUV midsize 0 0 0 0
Lexus RX 350 4WD luxury SUV midsize 0 0 0 0
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class 4WD luxury SUV large 0 0 0 0
Subaru Legacy 4WD 4-door car midsize 0 0 0 0
Toyota Highlander hybrid 4WD SUV midsize 0 0 0 0
Toyota Sequoia 4WD SUV large 0 0 0 0
Volvo XC90 4WD luxury SUV midsize 0 0 0 0
Honda Pilot 4WD SUV midsize 2 0 2 0
Mercedes-Benz M-Class 4WD luxury SUV midsize 3 3 0 0
Ford Crown Victoria 4-door car very large 4 4 0 0
GMC Yukon 4WD SUV large 4 0 4 0
Acura TL 2WD luxury car midsize 5 5 0 0
Chevrolet Equinox 2WD SUV midsize 5 3 2 0
Chevrolet Equinox 4WD SUV midsize 5 5 0 0
Ford Expedition 4WD SUV large 5 5 0 0
Ford Flex 2WD SUV midsize 5 0 5 0
Mazda CX-9 4WD SUV midsize 5 0 5 5