SUV Rollover Attorneys

Rollover accidents involving sport utility vehicles (SUVs) claim approximately 10,000 lives each year in the United States, and they cause countless other injuries. SUVs are more susceptible to rolling over when drivers turn or swerve to avoid accidents because SUVs have a higher center of gravity, contributing to a loss of control. Additionally, the lack of roll bars and other protection in many SUVs increases the risk of serious injuries and death during a rollover accident. 

 

Such high rollover accident statistics have resulted in more studies and safety ratings by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to encourage manufacturers of SUVs to reinforce the roofs, side and rear windows to make them more crush-resistant, modify seat belts to keep occupants inside vehicles, and install side air bags. In addition, high rollover accident statistics have precipitated stricter federal safety standards, but they will not go into effect until 2012. 

Nevertheless, drivers and passengers in the Tampa Bay area who are injured during a rollover accident involving an SUV may recover for the negligence, strict liability, or failure to warn of auto manufacturers or retailers for defective design and/or manufacture of such vehicles.