Dave, I know that the report is ancient history, but it points out that those cars have higher death rates for every 10,000 registered models on the road than anything else back then.....With the number of Corvettes built at around 1.6 to 1.7 million now and through "attrition", we have lost how many in 60 years?.....I don't think that the production numbers have caught up to the ones that aren't on the road anymore for whatever reason to maintain that sort of death rate.

The reason I brought this whole thing up was that you see more foreign cars and smaller cars in accidents more than you see a 'vette on the side of the road somewhere, so wouldn't it stand to reason that a Toyota or Kia or any other compact vehicle would have a higher death rate that a 'vette or a 'stang?

http://www.statisticbrain.com/driver-fatality-stats-by-auto-make/

Insurance Institute '89 Report

Or Diesel. I have an F250 SuperDuty diesel. It is not my "Daily Driver" but it is my favorite vehicle to drive. It's a brute, and if an ass-hat screws up and I hit him, who's gonna win?. It weighs almost 8,000 pounds. No substitute for tonnage. It got over 19MPG almost 20 on a highway trip last weekend. The C4 gets 22 at best.  I drove the SD 9,400 miles last year.

I don't drive my C4 much at all. 241 miles last year on its wheels, 2,700 miles in its trailer. Has nothing to do with my personal safety, but everything to do with the car's safety. If it stays in the garage, or the trailer, some ass-hat can't damage it by working his thumbs on FacePlant instead of watching out the window.

I didn't understand what you are saying here bro. Don't mince words (LOL). Just kidding. I agree with you actually. I agree with other posts here about the media. I ignore most of it. If I am interested I do research on the net or library and work the numbers myself. I have an '88 vette. I have never felt unsafe in it (although I have ran it on a 5 mile straight away to see it top speed and several (ahem) handling tests) (grin). I have owned )as most here I imagine) all kinds of cars and trucks. They are all as safe as their driver (me). I am sure as someone pointed out that the improved braking and handling of the newer c4's helped a lot.

BTW when rebuilding my vette the 2nd thing I did to it was upgrade the brakes and shocks. (The first was fixing the MAF) where it would run without ignorance.
The vette is just as safe as everything else. Drive safely and there are no issues.

Perry




|UPDATED|3/1/2014 9:43:19 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

I think you nailed it Joel!

I've been involved with building and driving Hot Rods both on the street and on the track all my life. One thing a lot of drivers forget is that each car drives a bit different from the last. The Corvette is much like any other sports car in that the steering is usually quicker, the power is greater and more responsive. Each time you get in a different car for the first time one needs to think "what's different here"? Statistics in this case are built by the drivers not the cars!!

Taps




|UPDATED|12/6/2014 1:18:29 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

If you look close at any number study, you can make the numbers say anything you wish. Depends on what you're getting paid for. WAY back in my college days, one of my thesis papers was the "proof" that toilet paper is deadly. I proved with the use of numbers and general restricted subjects that the use of toilet paper will kill you. So take any statistical study with a grain of salt.