1、 REPORT-JUNE 2025 Ever-higher:the dangerous rise of bonnet height,and the case to cap it Report calls on European law-makers to cap bonnet height by 2035,recommending an 85 cm limit for further study 1 T&E and Clean Cities Campaign Published:June 2025 Author:James Nix Data analysis:Sofa Navas Gohlke
2、 Infographics:Cristina Pita and Sofa Navas Gohlke Expert group:Oliver Lord,Lucien Mathieu,Jens Mller,James Nix,Sofa Navas Gohlke,Laurence Peplow and Cristina Pita Editeur responsable:William Todts,Executive Director 2025 European Federation for Transport and Environment AISBL To cite this report T&E
3、(2025),Ever-higher:the dangerous rise of bonnet height,and the case to cap it.Further information James Nix Vehicles Policy Manager T&E james.nixtransportenvironment.org Mobile:+32(0)48 77 90 281 www.transportenvironment.org|BlueSky|LinkedIn Acknowledgements The findings and views put forward in thi
4、s publication are the sole responsibility of the authors listed above.T&E and Clean Cities Campaign gratefully acknowledge the support given by the FIA Foundation for our work on the dimensions of light duty vehicles.T&E and Clean Cities Campaign are grateful for input and advice received in writing
5、 this report,including the review of earlier drafts by Iain Knight of Apollo Vehicle Safety and Dr Anna Goodman of the London School of Hygiene&Tropical Medicine.2 Summary Vehicles with higher bonnets are more dangerous in crashes-but bonnet height continues to rise.Average bonnet height in newly-so
6、ld cars is increasing by half a centimetre(0.5 cm)a year,reaching 83.8 cm in 2024,up from 76.9 cm in 2010,according to T&Es analysis of new registrations in the EU,the UK and Norway.Neither EU nor national laws limit the ongoing rise in bonnet height.Higher bonnets increase collision severity and im