The Safest and Deadliest Used Vehicles

The safety of a vehicle is one of the most important factors to consider when making a purchase. After all, big savings and lots of bells and whistles are not going to do you any good if the car you're driving does not keep you and your loved ones safe.

To help car buyers figure out which used cars are safe and which are not, Forbes recently did an interesting study to see which models had the lowest and highest rates of death according to data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

Interestingly, there are 9 models sold between 2009 and 2012 that have had ZERO deaths attributed to them. At the top of the safe list are the likes of the Audi A4, Honda Odyssey, Kia Sorento and Lexus RX 350 AWD, all with zero deaths reported since 2011.

Below is the full list of 19 safest used vehicles, as well as 19 used vehicles with the most driver fatalities.

Safest Used Vehicles

*IIHS data from the 2011 model year and 2009-2012 where applicable.

 

Riskiest Used Vehicles

**IIHS data from the 2011 model year and 2009-2012 if from the same design generation.