Passengers are twice as likely to die in a crash, if the car in which traveling constructed before 2000. This is evidenced by the results of this Crash Test conducted by an independent vehicle safety organization ANCAP in New Zealand.

The average age of cars in New Zealand is more than 14 years. The Transport Agency figures show that cars manufactured before 2000, which represent almost 40% of all passenger cars on New Zealand roads, involved in 57% of deaths. The cars were built between 2010 and 2015, which constitute 17% of the fleet, involved in 10% of deaths.