What Are The Risks of SUV Rollovers?

Sport Utility Vehicles(SUV) are responsible for the most deaths per year for rollover accidents. Despite this, the manufacturers of the vehicles haven't done much, if anything, to improve the safety rating of these vehicles. The most likely cause of death in one of these accidents is a crushed in roof due to lack of support. These roofs simply crumble after a very minimum amount of impact.

SUVs gained quite a bit of popularity in the 90s and it became a standard family vehicle (after previously being more of an off-road variety). This change removed the roll bar that typically protects people in rollover situations. The problem is, when people steer hard to avoid accidents, they roll over quite easily because of the sheer size and height of the vehicle. SUV defects are just some of the risks involved in SUV rollover situations.

Roof crush injuries kill 10,000 people every year. The weakened roof is a big contributer to this and roof crushes end up causing serious injuries, including brain and spine injuries. SUVs are three times more likely to roll over than smaller vehicles because they are quite taller. Federal safety standards do not provide roof safety requirements to protect people from attaining a roof crush injury in an auto accident. It is imperative that more strict standards and minimum safety standards be employed if the government plans on protecting people from sustaining serious injuries in auto accidents.

Roof crush injuries can be quite devastating. Neck fractures and spinal injuries are very common in these situations. These injuries can also cause paraplegia, quadriplegia and other life changing conditions.

If you've been injured in a roof crush car crash, you may be eligible for compensation due to faulty design. You should contact a crashworthiness attorney at the Law Offices of Jeff Rasansky, so a lawyer can help you with your claim and get you the compensation that you deserve.

Car Wreck Links

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

http://www.nsc.org/

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/