U.S. Regulators Release Vehicle Rollover Data

Government testing gives Prius a 13% chance of rollover in a single vehicle crash.

Best tested car has an 8% rating, worst has a 15.5% rating. Prius rating not great, but still better than most SUVs, trucks and vans.

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Published: August 10, 2004 - New York Times - By Danny Hakim

For the first time, federal regulators released figures yesterday that show how prone individual models of new cars and light-duty trucks are to roll over in an accident, exposing the occupants to high risk of death or serious injury.

Instead of merely assigning a star rating to each model it tests, as it has done in the past, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released figures that allow consumers to compare rollover risk model by model. The star system, which is continuing, has been criticized for not providing enough information to distinguish among vehicles, because nearly all received three or four stars.