> "According to accident data compiled by the federal government's Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS), Explorers are not only safer overall than other comparable SUVs -- but safer than most cars.
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> / / "FARS data for 1991-1999 (the decade during which SUV sales boomed) show there were 1.1 deaths per million vehicle miles traveled in accidents involving the Ford Explorer. The figure for other compact SUVs was 1.3 deaths; and for passenger cars, 1.5 deaths.

I hate to break it to you gabby, but a lawyer is currently doing his own homework, and has asked a judge to recall ALL Ford Explorers made between 1991 and 2001. So, you see, there is data for both sides of the SUV argument AND for the Ford Explorer argument.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010602/bs/autos_ford_explorer_dc_1.html

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