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Initiatives to Address Vehicle Compatibility
Recent sales
and registrations of LTVs have steadily increased as a percentage
of the passenger vehicle fleet, with LTVs representing 50 percent
of new vehicle sales in 2001 and 37 percent of vehicle registrations.
Consequently, this has led to an increased number of fatalities
to car occupants who are struck by LTVs. This increase in passenger
car fatalities has occurred even while the overall fatalities
for the U.S. fleet has stabilized or decreased over the past several
years. Therefore, NHTSA has made vehicle compatibility one of
the agency’s highest priorities. Initiatives the agency plans
to pursue in improving vehicle compatibility are included in this
report.
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the Full Report (PDF)
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