London, June 13, 2025 , (Oilandgaspress) –––Vehicles with higher bonnets are more dangerous in crashes – but bonnet height continues to rise. Average bonnet height in newly-sold cars is increasing by half a centimetre (0.5 cm) a year, reaching 83.8 cm in 2024, up from 76.9 cm in 2010, according to T&E’s analysis of new registrations in the EU, the UK and Norway. Neither EU nor national laws limit the ongoing rise in bonnet height.
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Higher bonnets increase collision severity and impair vision
In crashes, high-bonneted SUVs and pick-up trucks typically strike adult pedestrians above the centre of gravity, often first hitting vital organs in the body’s core, with a higher likelihood of knocking them forward and down, and a greater risk of driving over them. On the other hand, low bonnets tend to hit pedestrians’ legs, giving them greater chances of falling towards the vehicle, or of being deflected.
High bonnets also reduce drivers’ vision of other road users – and can entirely compromise it. Drivers behind high bonnets can fail to see children in front of them, for example, when leaving a driveway or parking space. At junctions, compromised vision increases crashes, particularly when turning. Poor vision may also lead to more near-miss incidents, burdening all other road users with higher risks and increased danger.
According to Belgian crash data, a 10 cm increase in bonnet height (from 80 cm to 90 cm) raises the risk of death by 27% for pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users. And when high-fronted SUVs and pick-up trucks crash into regular cars, the higher-bonneted vehicles impose a 20 – 50% greater risk of serious injuries on the occupants of regular cars.
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