Claim: "Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you're 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Fact-check: Are you 15 percent more likely to die in a car that's 300 pounds lighter?
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-03-29T00:00:00