evidence: The largest number of motor vehicle crash deaths occurs among occupants of passenger vehicles, including cars, minivans, pickups, SUVs, and cargo/large passenger vans. The likelihood of a crash death varies markedly among these vehicle types according to size. Small vehicles have less structure to absorb crash energy, so crash forces on occupants will be higher. People in lighter vehicles are at a disadvantage in collisions with heavier vehicles (Puckett & Kindelberger, 2016 ). Pickups and SUVs are more likely than cars to be in fatal single-vehicle crashes, especially rollovers. However, pickups and SUVs generally are heavier than cars, so occupant deaths in SUVs and pickups are less likely to occur in multiple-vehicle crashes. [...] Frontal impacts accounted for 59% of passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2022. Side impacts accounted for another 22% of passenger vehicle occupant deaths. [...] Deaths in all crashes*