Are Hybrid Vehicles Death Traps? | Power Line

“Fatal crash risk ‘three times higher’ in hybrid cars than petrol.” - John Hinderaker 

But data from the U.K. suggest that hybrids are unusually dangerous.

• From the London Times: “Fatal crash risk ‘three times higher’ in hybrid cars than petrol.”

Motorists in hybrid cars are substantially more likely to die in road collisions than those in conventional petrol vehicles, according to statistics from the Department for Transport...
Overall, the data shows that there was

• one death for every 8,000 hybrid cars on the roads last year
• compared with one death for every 20,000 diesel vehicles, and 
• one death for every 25,000 petrol engines...