The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) will be releasing a study that documents the need for stricter standards regarding roofs.

The study conducted by IIHS has determined that vehicle roof strength has a direct correlation to the survival rate of occupants. The study was conducted on 11 SUV’s and it states that the vehicles with stronger roofs have injury risks that are up to 57% lower than vehicles with weaker roofs.

Statistics from IIHS show that about 35% of car wreck fatalities occur during rollovers and at least 60% of those fatalities involve SUV’s.

Drawing from these statistics, Consumer Affairs has stated that if SUV’s were held to stronger standards, more than 200 rollover related fatalities could have been prevented in 2006.

Qualified and experienced SUV rollover attorneys are working on cases involving the serious injury and fatality of occupants.

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