The relationship between occupant safety and the proportion of small cars on the road.

Many authors have presented data indicating that a shift toward more small cars in the population was going to be bad for occupants. But in the data presented here the unadjusted fatality rates makes the small car much safer than a large car. Some hope is offered for the future, and the quicker we get everyone into a "small" car the better of we will all be with respect to two-car collisions.