The latest study on SUV road danger has concluded that being hit by an SUV as opposed to a passenger car increases fatality risk and injury severity among pedestrians and cyclists, with the strongest effect in children.

Members of The SUV Alliance and allies have written to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, organisers of the Wimbledon tennis championships, criticising the use of large SUVs as official transport during the tournament.

A study finds that the likelihood of a pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if they are hit by an SUV or light truck compared with smaller cars. 

All motorised traffic poses a risk to vulnerable road users, but it’s bigger, heavier SUVs that epitomise the problem of road danger.

Cars are getting bigger. We’ve all noticed it. Streets once home with hatchbacks are now dominated by large SUVs and 4x4s. 

SUVs have been growing, in size and in number, for two decades now. Policy action to date has been limited, hence the need for the SUV Alliance and our manifesto for safer, fairer streets.