or in the case of parents buying SUVs to make their own children safe, children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV versus a passenger car. (ie: in their own driveway) And that's not even factoring the added risk of blindspots for children too small to be seen from the driver seat!

children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437522000810

They also have significantly higher rollover risk which is why the best deaths per million kilometer stats belong to big sedans and wagon not SUVs.

"I like driving in a higher position, it makes me feel safer"