STUDY: Hybrids more likely to be involved in crashes with pedestrians, bicycles

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A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists under certain scenarios. According to state-level accident data, 77 of 8,387 hybrid vehicles (that's .9 percent) were involved in crashes with pedestrians and 48 (.6 percent) were found to have been in accidents with bicyclists.
By way of comparison, 3,578 of 559,703Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed