SUVs are 209% more likely to kill a child under 9, from London Vision Zero Report 2026, via Russell King's Transport Leader newsletter
From the excellent Transport Leader newsletter by Russell King about London's 2026 Vision Zero Report: "SUVs are 14% more likely to kill people walking and cycling than other passenger cars, 77% more likely to kill children up to 18, and 209% more likely to kill children under nine."
Switzerland got even worse.
Immer breitere Autos bedrängen die Velofahrer auf den Strassen. Schlicht unmöglich ist das Velofahren neben einem Cybertruck – wenn daneben an der Strasse weitere Cybertrucks parkiert sind. Das 2,2 Meter breite Fahrzeug passt nicht mehr auf ein Längsparkfeld. Fürs Velofahren bleiben so gerade mal 30 Zentimeter.
"Dass die immer grösseren Dimensionen bei den Autos Folgen haben, steht schon heute fest. Insbesondere Unfälle mit Kindern und Fussgängern enden häufiger tödlich."
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“Letztes Jahr starben 250 Menschen auf Schweizer Strassen, das sind 34 Prozent mehr als 2019.” Je grösser das Auto/SUV, desto weniger sicher sind unsere Strassen.
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If you want more democracy, you need fewer cars.
💥 BOOM DE L'IA – Un sondage montre que la population suisse s'inquiète de la consommation de ressources des centres de données! Le progrès et la protection du climat ne doivent pas se faire obstacle, mais aller de pair. Résultats et conclusions ⤵️
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Amazingly, the author's solution is to have more cameras, rather than suggesting something as crazy as buying smaller cars! Even as they acknowledge that SUVs are a (literally) huge part of why drivers are running over children.
EVs will not solve our mobility problems. And again, SUVs are awful - reason gajillion here:
Taxing SUVs in line with European countries could raise £2bn a year for the Treasury, says thinktank Transport & Environment, which wants the chancellor to impose a levy on the largest “Chelsea tractors” to reflect the damage they cause to the environment and infrastructure.
Cartoons illustrating how both fossil fuel vehicles and electric vehicles are struck in the same massive car-dependent elevated freeway infrastructure that has replaced much of the walkable, mixed-use neighbourhood-building in at least North America.
There are many versions of this kind of image out there. The best ones illustrate why “better cars” will never be more than part of the answer, and actually help “lock in” the #CarDependency that’s the real problem. They also show why status-quo interests usually want to focus on the vehicles.
Images showing computers shrinking greatly over 25 years, phones shrinking greatly over 40 years, and cars getting much bigger over the last 40 years.
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
Trump is trying to force the EU to legalize US car bloat, and European safety leaders are furious:
"Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated U.S. pick-up trucks and SUVs – vehicles that are...completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility."
The 1st author explains how SUVs are deadly to those not in them. The 2nd thinks those outside of SUVs think the SUV drivers are smug bc they've got more space. No! We're terrified they will kill us. PS - EV SUVs are just as dangerous to those people outside of them as SUVs burning fossil fuels.
Erst ganz am Ende des Artikels, wird das eigentlich Wichtigste behandelt: "Die Folgen dieser immer grösseren Dimensionen: Unfälle mit Kindern und Fussgängern enden häufiger tödlich." www.tagesanzeiger.ch/autos-im-zei...
Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
Graphic filled with stats on the efficiency of urban biking and how safe it is.
Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.
Also, I kindly ask that any journalist writing about the US road safety crisis separate deaths among car occupants (which are relatively flat ) from those of people biking and walking (which have skyrocketed).
The two trendlines are completely different. They should be treated as such.
Free trade agreements have never really been about trade - they have always been about weakening regulations meant to protect us. What corporate lobbies can't do via democratic processes, they push through in free trade agreements.
I'm not exaggerating. The US forced Japan to accept more pedestrian danger.
Japanese official: “Unlike U.N. standards, which are used by Japan and European countries, pedestrian safety is not a factor in U.S. vehicle standards."
I only found out about this recently. Pedestrian safety is not a factor in U.S. vehicle standards. Absolutely unhinged.
A new study of vehicular crashes in the UK shows that—after accounting for driver characteristics, road conditions, & more—adult pedestrians & cyclists had a 14% higher fatality rate when hit by an SUV rather than a regular car.
Children had a shocking 77% higher fatality rate when hit by SUVs.
Rollover deaths are now rare. But that’s likely due to Electronic Stability Control that prevents cars from flipping -- not stronger A-pillars.
Meanwhile, thicker posts are expanding driver blind spots and concealing pedestrians.
You know that post btw a car’s windshield and side window? It’s called an A-pillar – and it’s becoming a problem.
A-pillars are expanding, enlarging driver blind zones and concealing pedestrians at crosswalks.
Blame car bloat, as well as ill-conceived federal rules.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
I use this @theonion.com headline when I give presentations about car bloat.
The tradeoff is real. Using a truly enormous SUV instead of a merely big one is a tiny bit safer for occupants, but *way* more deadly for everyone else on the road.
Info: www.economist.com/interactive/...
A two-panel meme featuring a man in a red jacket (Drake). The top panel shows him rejecting the concept of "Driverless vehicles," while the bottom panel shows him approving "Vehicleless drivers." The background is yellow.
A screenshot of The Atlantic "New York is Not a Democracy. Too few voters are choosing the next mayor" By Annie Lowrey
Case in point of the establishment trying:
Ireland 🇮🇪 is kicking off a summer of European #coal plant closures and has officially eliminated coal from its electricity mix with the closure of its Moneypoint plant!
Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
EU gas demand is set to FALL 7% by 2030 according to national plans, making new gas investments risky 📉
New gas infrastructure could become stranded assets as countries move towards a more electrified energy system.
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