Are passenger vans dangerous?
February 27th, 2010 | by admin |Are passenger vans dangerous to ride in? Well, according to federal officials, 15-passenger vans are involved in a higher number of single-vehicle accidents including rollovers, than other passenger vehicles. Based on reports of van accidents that happened between 1991 and 2000, about 52 percent of 15-passenger vans involved in single-vehicle, fatal accidents were rollover crashes compared to 33 percent of passenger vehicles involved in rollovers. Also, 81 percent of the 15-passenger van occupant fatalities occur in single-vehicle rollover accidents. Auto safety researchers have also determined that 15-passenger vans carrying 10 or more people are three times likelier to roll in a crash, than vans carrying fewer than 10 passengers.