Dallas Vehicle Crashworthiness Recognizing Vehicle Defect and Crashworthiness Cases, Auto Accidents, Crashworthiness, SUV rollovers, Information


	About Auto Accidents and Crashworthiness Motor vehicles must be designed to be safe in foreseeable auto accidents. Crashworthiness refers to the protection that a motor vehicle provides drivers and passengers in a car accident. While the laws may vary from state to state, a manufacturer has a legal duty to design its vehicle to be crashworthy. The manufacturer of a non-crashworthy vehicle is responsible for the extent to which a defect worsened a passenger's injuries. This means that manufacturers must design vehicles with the understanding that auto accidents do happen. In some instances, injuries would have been minimal or avoided entirely if the vehicle had been designed safely. This site is designed to introduce you to a number of crashworthiness issues that give rise to manufacturer liability. Information on SUV rollovers SUV rollovers and other vehicle rollovers kill 10,000 people and injure another 27,000 each year. About SUV rollovers: "The driving public seems to think that these problems have "gone away." They have not. All of the millions of NEW SUVs being manufactured and sold, still have this tremendous tendency toward rollover accidents." About 15-person passenger van rollovers: "Fifteen-person passenger vans have a dubious safety history. Their side-impact protection and structural integrity in roll-overs has been questioned and they are said to handle poorly when fully loaded." These rollovers can be caused by defective tires, tire tread separation, defective design of the vehicle itself, or a combination of these and other factors. Trucks, vans and SUVs are especially dangerous, due to their increased height. Furthermore, since trucks, vans and SUVs are not classified as "passenger vehicles," they do not have to meet the same safety regulations as cars and station wagons. It is well-known that Ford Broncos and Ford Explorers have specific design defects that make them more likely than other vehicles to roll over during a crash and thus cause serious injury. However, other trucks, vans and SUVs can be just as dangerous.

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