Data collected from 32 billion miles of battery-powered car travel and 3 trillion miles of petrol and diesel car trips in the UK has revealed that, mile-for-mile, electric and hybrid vehicles were twice as likely to hit pedestrians when compared to the internal combustion engine vehicles. This number rose to 2.5-times as likely in urban areas.
The study, which was carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), analyzed Road Safety Data (STATS19) datasets that hold all reports of pedestrians injured by collisions with cars or taxis in Great Britain between 2013 and 2017.
