
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1991                   TAG: 9104170165
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

INSURANCE GROUP SAYS VOLVO 240 IS SAFEST

The mid-sized Volvo 240 station wagon is the safest car on the road, an insurance industry research group said Tuesday.

The Chevrolet Corvette had the highest death rate per 10,000 registered cars, the Insurance Institute for Highway safety said in a study that affirmed the long-standing conclusion of many researchers that larger cars are safer than smaller cars.

The institute checked the reported death rates for the 134 most popular 1984-1988 model cars on U.S. roads during the years 1985 through 1989.

Of the 14 cars registering the lowest death rates, it said five were large, seven mid-sized and only two small. Nine of the 13 cars with the highest death rates were small, four mid-sized and none large.

- Associated Press

by CNB