Oh, look:
Pedestrian deaths have also skyrocketed over a similar time period. Up by 70% from 2010 to 2023.
How are they breaking out car SUVs vs truck SUVs?
I think it’s compact SUVs.
I guess my question is more about what constitutes a “truck suv”. There is no way that SUV built on a truck frame out number SUVs built on car unibody frames by that much.
The “car SUVs” and “truck SUVs” categories sound a bit nebulous, but they all encompass crossovers and SUVs, albeit in ways that might seem odd
https://www.theautopian.com/heres-the-exact-year-suv-sales-overtook-sedan-sales-in-america/
There’s some discussion of that point later in the article, i believe.
Many SUVs are built/classified as light trucks so businesses can get a tax break on a work vehicle, and so the emissions standards are easier to meet
Where is this from? Curious if there’s one where it’s adjusted for the vehicle type distribution, unless this one is?
I’m not saying I disagree… but I would be curious how this chart compared with a chart of “number of cyclists” or “distance covered by cyclists” over the same period…
Some additional items to look at might be non fatal accidents, are cyclists just as likely to be hit by cars, but more likely to die because of the increase in size of car, reduction in helmet use, or increased shared road speeds?
What happened in 2010?
The original iPhone released in 2007, so I’d assume something to do with distracted driving.
Doesn’t explain it, as you’d then expect a rise that plateaus. I think the explanation of megacars is more plausble.
That’s so a super fair thought. I’d be interested to see a chart of when bumper height started increasing vs this.
While smart phone adoption may have plateaued there may be continued increase in distracted driving. Smart phone adoption had the greatest increase between about 2010 and 2016 from 35-75% of US adults who say they own a smart phone, but the number of people who use their phones while driving may have continued to rise.
Especially as younger drivers are more comfortable with smart phone use over all, instant response and connection is expected, and apps have become more distracting.
I never thought that a bunch of words could channel that much boomer energy.
@Carawou is this the absolute number of cyclist? Because if so I think this plot is completely useless
Give the deaths per million or something like that to be usefulWhat happened around 2010 that made driving so much more dangerous?
My bet is:
- more distracted driving
- larger trucks/SUVs
- more elderly drivers
Or a combo of all 3
