Regulation & Safety

Driver death rates on the rise despite better vehicle designs, safety tech

Fiesta — Death rates for 2017 models or equivalent earlier models vary, but the 2017 Ford Fiesta 4-door model had the most deaths per million registration years, according to an IIHS report. (Ford)

Audrey LaForest

May 28, 2020 04:01 AM

Editor's note: The photo used in an earlier version of this story used the incorrect Fiesta model. The photo has been updated.

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