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Cities should discourage use of SUVs, says report

Deniz Huseyin
05 September 2025
Tests commissioned by T&E found that a driver of the highest fronted  model on EU and UK roads, the Ram TRX, is unable to see children aged up to nine standing directly in front. Image: Crispin Hughes
Tests commissioned by T&E found that a driver of the highest fronted model on EU and UK roads, the Ram TRX, is unable to see children aged up to nine standing directly in front. Image: Crispin Hughes
 

Measures should be introduced in UK’s major cities to discourage the use of SUVs, argues campaign group Clean Cities  in a new report. Cities such as London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester to take similar action to Paris, where SUV parking has been cut by two thirds, it states.

SUVs have been shown to be far more dangerous for children and other road users in the case of a crash, the study found.  The latest research shows that SUVs on...

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