(Reuters) - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found in a study of fatalities between 2002-05 that design changes -- especially in sport utility vehicles -- contributed to a 30 percent drop in overall fatality rates when compared to the mid-1990s.
More than 40,000 people are still killed annually in U.S. traffic accidents, government statistics show. But declining rates, especially in certain vehicle classes that have had questionable ratings in crash and rollover tests, is encouraging, safety groups agree.
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