There’s somewhere back in the archives a post about how much more dangerous EVs are when it comes to crashes, now we see
Data: Hybrid Vehicles’ Fatal Crash Risk Is Three Times Higher than Gas-Powered Cars
Motorists driving hybrid cars are three times more likely to be involved in fatal road collisions compared to those in conventional petrol vehicles, according to recent statistics from the UK’s Department for Transport.
The Times of London reports that Department for Transport data reveals a concerning trend: hybrid cars, which combine gas engines with electric motors, are overrepresented in fatal road accidents in the UK. The official figures show that in the past year, 122 people died in fatal collisions involving hybrid cars, while 777 deaths occurred in crashes with petrol-only vehicles. Considering that petrol models outnumber hybrid vehicles by nearly 20 to one on UK roads, the data suggests that hybrids are involved in approximately three times as many fatal crashes per capita.
Hybrid cars are preferred by many consumers over traditional gas, diesel, or full EVs due to their perceived benefits. They offer the value of home charging while still providing the extended range and reliability of a combustion engine. However, the recent statistics have raised concerns among road safety specialists, prompting calls for an investigation into the underlying reasons for the disproportionate fatality rates.
According to the data, there was one death for every 8,000 hybrid cars on the road last year, compared to one death for every 20,000 diesel vehicles and one death for every 25,000 gas engines.
Experts suggest that the higher death rates in hybrids could be attributed to the complex combination of petrol engines, batteries, and electric motors, which may be more challenging to control and more susceptible to fires in the event of a crash. The intricacy of hybrid systems, with dual power sources, cooling systems, and intricate electronics and wiring, can create “complex fire scenarios which are harder for firemen to put out,” according to Nicholas Lyes from the road safety charity IAM RoadSmart.
Certainly, hybrids are much heavier than ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles, have pretty much the same acceleration as ICE cars these days, and can provide much more physical force in a crash, and then there are the batteries which can catch on fire, which is why many fire departments have special trucks to deal withe fires from hybrids.
One thing to consider is that there are way, way more hybrids in the UK these days. You want a Honda? Everything is hybrid or EV except for 1 model, and there won’t be many Type R’s available. Toyota? 4 ICE vehicles out 22 models. You have narrow roads and idiots walking around on their phones. Regardless, the government push to force people into non-ICE vehicles creates problems, especially when the ones doing the pushing rarely drive EVs or hybrids themselves. If people want them, they can get them. I love my hybrid. Others want something else.
And EVs are much safer than ICE or hybrid cars!
It is certainly true that EVs are safer when they are sitting on the side of the road, having run out of battery power. And they are safer when they are sitting for an hour at a charging station, trying to get enough sparktricity to make it to their destination, while the gasoline-powered vehicles were back on the road after ten minutes!
Of course, there is the possibility that the hour-long charging stop has royally pissed off the driver, making him less safe once he does get back on the road, adding to his already-pissed-off attitude from having given into his liberal white wife and gotten the silly thing in the first place.
Not to mention how his mood improves waiting for the three EVs ahead of him to get THEIR 1-hour charges.
Of course, the point you, William, Breitbart and right-wing Times of London obfuscate is that EVs are less likely to burn you alve than are gasoline cars! If the right-wingers were actually concerned for safety (LOL) they would mention the safest vehicles.
But nope, just more of the right-wing cult of denial (COD) climate denial.
Hybrids typically weigh about 10% more than fossilers. I don’t consider 10% to be much heavier.
In the USA both hybrids and EVs have lower death rates than fossilers.
EVs have a much lower rate of fire or explosion than gasoline (duh!) despite the extremely high rate of EV fire reporting by Teach.
Mr smith² wrote:
Force is defined as mass times acceleration, and in physics, one of the definitions of force is “an action that can cause an object to change its velocity or its shape.” In a motor vehicle accident, the force is one car applying force against another vehicle, in a manner which changes the second vehicle’s velocity or shape. Ten percent more mass means 10% greater force applied to the second vehicle, which means greater ‘shape change’ or velocity and direction change. That alone means roughly a 10% greater probability of an injury to the passengers being fatal.
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