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  • From ConsumerReports in 2014

    A vehicle rollover is among the worst things that can happen to you on the road. Although rollovers occur in only about 3 percent of all serious crashes, they account for about 30 percent of people killed while riding in a passenger vehicle.

    Yes tech and safety systems have improved in 12 years, and in this case the suv’s passengers might have been fine, but I suspect rollover survival stats are still worse. That’s not even taking into account how rolling vehicles travel farther while rolling, putting other people at risk.

    That being said we’re only talking about rollovers here. Head-on collisions are a totally different story when you pit an SUV versus a regular sedan. But those results are more related to the differences in front crash zone height. And that’s only happening because car companies were allowed to categorize SUVs as “non-passenger work vehicles”, avoiding safety and emissions regulations. Here’s a great video taking about it from Climate Town