MEDLINEplus: Silver Cars May Be Safest: Study: "'Our study has found an association between silver car color and reduced risk of car crash injury,' Sue Furness of the University of Auckland told Reuters Health.
'If there is a choice of vehicle color, choosing silver or white as opposed to brown, black or green may be a passive injury prevention strategy,' said Furness, who is the lead author of the report in the December 20/27 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Exactly why silver cars are less likely to be involved in injury-causing crashes is uncertain, Furness said. 'The only other study I identified which looked at car color found that white and light vehicles were associated with reduced risk of car crash injury.'"
'If there is a choice of vehicle color, choosing silver or white as opposed to brown, black or green may be a passive injury prevention strategy,' said Furness, who is the lead author of the report in the December 20/27 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Exactly why silver cars are less likely to be involved in injury-causing crashes is uncertain, Furness said. 'The only other study I identified which looked at car color found that white and light vehicles were associated with reduced risk of car crash injury.'"
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