Statistics never lie, its the people who present them that warp them and make them suit their own purpose.
I think the whole power to weight thing is absolute bull crap now anyway. power to weight = acceleration, not speeding. Any car can speed, hell my 85 celica will break 180 if i poke it with a stick, my car is not a high powered vehicle but im at just as much a risk of dieing as every other motorist on the road.
Its not the cars that are causing the crashes, its the people. in a similar vain to "guns dont kill people, people kill people" same thing goes for cars.
Seriously if you really think about it, just how many crashes are there that are caused because the car was too powerfull for the driver? Odds are your only going to be able to recall the accidents that you see publisized on tv. You know why? because such accidents are a rarity. Most accidents actually occur to people under the speed limit.
but all this is stupid becasue our government is a bunch of money hungry arsehats. Why focus on safety when they could rip us for a large some of money in the name of "safety", then just spew years and years of speed kills adds to brainwash people into thinking that speed does actaully kill.