In the first analysis of its kind, the Highway Loss Data Institute found that drivers of hybrid vehicles are, on average, 25 percent less likely to be injured in a crash than drivers of conventional vehicles. Matt Moore, the data institute's vice president and author of the study, said weight was a big factor in its analysis.
"Hybrids on average are 10 percent heavier than their standard counterparts," Moore said in a statement today. "This extra mass gives them an advantage in crashes that their conventional twins don't have."
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