I don't think it's as simple as "American vehicle trends are very safe"
"ongoing pedestrian safety crisis in the US in which fatalities are at a 40-year high and the number of pedestrians killed has increased by 80 percent since hitting a low in 2009."
"ongoing pedestrian safety crisis in the US in which fatalities are at a 40-year high and the number of pedestrians killed has increased by 80 percent since hitting a low in 2009."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960624/truck-suv-hood-...