By the Numbers: Your statistical chance of dying in an unrepaired recalled Toyota
 

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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> has recalled and fixed <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/toyota-gives-recall-update-over-5-million-cars-fixed/">over five million cars</a>. The entire Toyota and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lexus/">Lexus</a> lineup will feature <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/09/lexus-safety-experience-enthusiast-knowledge-made-common/">the company's new Smart-Stop brake override system</a> for the 2011 model year. Yet the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/05/toyota-sued-by-allstate-over-sudden-acceleration-insurance-claim/">automaker still faces criticism that it builds unsafe</a> vehicles. Will driving an unfixed Toyota lead to your death? Not likely.<br />
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According to <em>The Detroit News,</em> a panel of experts was recently dispatched to study the causes of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sudden+acceleration">sudd en acceleration</a>. In its research, the panel found that the current risk of dying in a traffic accident is rated at 1.05 deaths for every 100 <em>million</em> miles traveled. If you drive a Toyota product, which has bit repaired been fixed as part of the recall, the rate rises modestly to 1.07 deaths. Statistically speaking, that's one Toyota recall-related death for every five <em>billion</em> miles of driving. Toyota has fixed over 60 percent of the vehicles in the recall and they don't appear to be slowing down.<br />
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We've heard many a borderline-hysterical comment from readers stating that they would rather walk than risk driving a vehicle made by Toyota. If you do that, statistics suggest you are 19 times more likely to die. Mile for mile, the risk of walking alongside the road is that much higher than driving on it. Just sayin'.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience">Lexus Safety Experience</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/01lexussafetyexperience_t humbnail.jpg" alt="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" title="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/02lexussafetyexperience_t humbnail.jpg" alt="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" title="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/03lexussafetyexperience_t humbnail.jpg" alt="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" title="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/04lexussafetyexperience_t humbnail.jpg" alt="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" title="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lexus-safety-experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/05lexussafetyexperience_t humbnail.jpg" alt="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" title="Lexus RX 350 at the Lexus Safety Experience" /></a></div><br />
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</i></b> [Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20101012/AUTO01/10120331/1148/rss25?utm_source=twitterf eed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-your-statistical-chance-of-dying-in-an-unrepaire/">By the Numbers: Your statistical chance of dying in an unrepaired recalled Toyota</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://detnews.com/article/20101012/AUTO01/10120331/1148/rss25?utm_source=twitterf eed&utm_medium=twitter>Re ad</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-your-statistical-chance-of-dying-in-an-unrepaire/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19670747/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-your-statistical-chance-of-dying-in-an-unrepaire/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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