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Pg 1-10: Updated Analysis of Pedestrian and Pedacyclist Crashes with Hybrid Vehicles
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This section provides data from research on the comparison of pedestrian crashes by hybrid vehicles to non-hybrid vehicles. The study ultimately found that hybrid vehicles have a higher rate than non-hybrids, but looking at risk-factors (like larger cities with more pedestrians and more hybrid vehicles) makes the ratio of crash differences smaller.