Do SUVs, pickups cause more deaths? Safety advocates say they have the numbers to prove it

Ontario safety advocates say they have research that suggests large SUVs and pickup trucks cause more pedestrian and cycling deaths than other vehicles, and they’re calling on the province’s chief coroner to investigate the problem. 

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Albert Koehl, the founder of the Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition, another of the groups petitioning the chief coroner’s office, told CBC News the U.S. research prompted them to look into Toronto’s figures on pedestrian and cyclist deaths.