Ford Rollover Accident: Associated Press, "New rollover test puts Ford SUV at bottom of list"

          The Ford Explorer Sport Trac got the worst rating among 14 vehicles subjected to a new government safety test designed to predict the likelihood of a rollover during a sharp turn. The federal auto-safety agency, which announced the ratings Wednesday, uses a system in which five stars is the best score and means the likelihood of rollover is less than 10 percent.
          The Sport Trac 4x2, a sport utility vehicle with rear-wheel drive, earned two stars, meaning the rollover risk in a one-vehicle accident is 30 percent to 40 percent. Ford spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said the test uses an extreme maneuver that does not necessarily reflect real-world driving.
          The government had predicted rollover risk by using a mathematical formula based on a vehicle's height and the distance between its rear wheels. A driving test added last fall measures a vehicle's performance when it swerves sharply to the left and then to the right. The agency uses both tests to rate vehicles.