Newer Cars Are Much Safer Than Old Cars According to the NHTSA Report

Newer Cars Are Much Safer Than Old Cars According to the NHTSA Report: That’s not a secret that new cars are much safer than old car, but what we did not know is by how much. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just released a report highlighting the added safety of newer cars and trucks over older cars and trucks, and attaching real data to an otherwise assumed theory is always a good idea.

Here are some of the most powerful data points worth seeing:

• 55 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built prior to 1984
• 53 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 1985 and 1992
• 46 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 1993 and 1997
• 42 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 1997 and 2002
• 36 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 2002 and 2007
• 31 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 2008 and 2012
• 26 percent: Occupants fatally injured in vehicles built between 2013 and 2017

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