Sentences with phrase «in crash safety performance»

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With so many safety features, the Rainier has passed NCAP crash tests, the industry benchmark for seat performance in severe accident conditions.

Friction strips on the adjustable 5 point safety harness with chest clip offer enhanced performance in the event of a crash.

The new body structure is 25 percent stiffer than the old E46 3 - series, the main goal being to enhance crash performance, particularly in the new federal 50 - mph, rear - end offset crash and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety side - impact test.

The 2017 model year QX60 did quite well in crash tests, with top scores from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety across the board (with the exception of headlight performance, judged to be poor).

Safety The 2012 Rio 5 - Door received a four - star (out of five) overall rating in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash testing, but its performance was marred by a Safety Concern warning in the side barrier crash test.

The 2016 Audi A6 scores the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's coveted Top Safety Pick + award, after revisions for the new model year improved the car's performance in the IIHS small - overlap crash test.

Safety The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Chevrolet Cruze its top rating of good for its performance in moderate - overlap and side - impact crash tests.

Performance requirements: Participating manufacturers will ensure vehicles have both a forward collision warning system that meets a subset of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's current 5 - Star Safety Ratings program requirements on the timing of driver alerts and an automatic braking system that earns at least an advanced rating in the current Insurance Institute for Highway Safety front crash prevention track tests.

The Hyundai Tucson from 2010 - 2014 also happens to be one of the safe cars for teenagers recommended by the IIHS, where it was ranked as a Top Safety Pick for its crash test performance in all of those years save 2014.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Five vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's top award based on their performance in the new small overlap front crash test.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Chevrolet Malibu, a midsize moderately priced car, earns the 2014 IIHS Top Safety Pick + award after structural changes improved its performance in the challenging small overlap front crash test.

The Cruze Limited is built on a global platform and its safety performance has been tested and proven with top results in many of the world's crash - test programs.

The IIHS has designated the 2017 Toyota Camry as a Top Safety Pick due to its stellar performance in every crash test available (including small and moderate front overlap, side impact, and roof strength).

It fared excellent in insurance industry crash tests and generally garnered outstanding scores on other safety performance checks in the front, side, and rear impact and rollover categories.

About Euro NCAP Euro NCAP organizes crash tests on new vehicles and provides motoring consumers with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe.

«Following a gradual phase - in, the small overlap crash is now part of our basic battery of tests, and good or acceptable performance should be part of every vehicle's safety credentials.

MLIT has been conducting crash safety testing and crash prevention mechanisms in Japan since 1995 to evaluate the safety performance of vehicles.

Both of these minivans were given a Top Safety Pick + rating for their combination of active and passive safety features along with their performance in crash Safety Pick + rating for their combination of active and passive safety features along with their performance in crash safety features along with their performance in crash tests.

The same level of performance in those tests, along with at least a basic rating for front crash prevention, is required for the higher accolade, Top Safety Pick +.

Similarly, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) dropped its Top Safety Pick rating of the Prius c for 2015 due to its poor performance in the tricky small overlap frontal - crash test.

But as for the Jetta, its German engineering delivered a 5 - Star Overall Safety Rating from NHTSA, based on a 5 - star test result in the side - crash evaluation and 4 - star performances for both frontal - crash and rollover situations.

After all, the Cruze already showcased a 5 - Star Overall Safety Rating from NHTSA, complete with 5 stars for frontal - crash performance, 5 stars in side - crash scenarios and a 4 - star rollover ranking.

To reward 2013 models with superior crash protection, IIHS has created the Top Safety Pick + award, with the + indicating good or acceptable performance in the new small overlap test.

Throughout these car - to - car crash tests (which were designed to simulate conditions considerably harsher than those found in conventional stationary - barrier testing) the Integra was able to clear all target values, assuring the highest levels of enhanced safety performance.

To highlight acceptable to good performance in the new crash criterion of small overlap, the IIHS has up rated its Top Safety Pick award by adding on a plus sign (+).

Rated a «Top Safety Pick» by the IIHS, the Odyssey earns an overall NHTSA crash - test rating of 5 stars, with a 5 - star performance in each individual assessment except for rollover resistance, for which the minivan gets a 4 - star rating.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has rated the Toyota Prius v «poor» for its performance in small overlap frontal crash testing.

Polo: In addition to class - leading power and performance, the Volkswagen Polo secured a 4 - Star safety rating for adult occupant protection, in crash tests conducted by renowned global agencIn addition to class - leading power and performance, the Volkswagen Polo secured a 4 - Star safety rating for adult occupant protection, in crash tests conducted by renowned global agencin crash tests conducted by renowned global agency.

In government crash testing, the 2016 Acadia received a top five - star rating for overall performance, with five stars for total frontal impact safety and five stars for total side impact safety.

«The Optima provides a high level of standard active safety features including all three grades of autonomous emergency braking, and demonstrated good performance in all crash and safety assist performance tests.»

Advanced Safety Performance Utilizing Honda's second - generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) body structure and «3 - bone» front floor construction, along with advanced supplemental restraint systems and available Honda Sensing ™ safety and driver - assistive technologies, the 2017 Ridgeline targets the highest available crash safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety Performance Utilizing Honda's second - generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) body structure and «3 - bone» front floor construction, along with advanced supplemental restraint systems and available Honda Sensing ™ safety and driver - assistive technologies, the 2017 Ridgeline targets the highest available crash safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety Performance Utilizing Honda's second - generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) body structure and «3 - bone» front floor construction, along with advanced supplemental restraint systems and available Honda Sensing ™ safety and driver - assistive technologies, the 2017 Ridgeline targets the highest available crash safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionsafety and driver - assistive technologies, the 2017 Ridgeline targets the highest available crash safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionsafety and driver - assistive technologies, the 2017 Ridgeline targets the highest available crash safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionsafety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionsafety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSafety (IIHS) including an a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and a TOP SAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collisionSAFETY PICK + score from the IIHS, including a GOOD rating in the Institute's rigorous small overlap frontal collision test.

The latest small overlap front crash test results from the Institute reveal a range of performance among many of the best - selling small cars in the U.S. Of the 12 models evaluated, half earn a good or acceptable rating and qualify for the Top Safety Pick + award.

The 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan earns the Institute's top safety designation for good performance in all five IIHS crash evaluations, including the challenging small overlap front test.

Going forward, Mazda remains committed to reducing vehicle weight and improving dynamic performance while also maintaining a high level of body rigidity and excellent crash worthiness, in order to provide all its customers with driving pleasure and outstanding environmental and safety performance.

The Volkswagen Golf and its twin, the Volkswagen GTI, earn the Top Safety Pick + award for good performance in the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations and available front crash prevention.

5 stars safety: Overall good performance in crash protection.

The 2014 Volvo XC90 earns the IIHS Top Safety Pick + award for good performance in the Institute's small overlap front crash test and other evaluations.

Well equipped with robust crash avoidance technology 4 stars safety: Overall good performance in crash protection; additional crash avoidance technology may be present 3 stars safety: Average to good occupant protection but lacking crash avoidance technology 2 stars safety: Nominal crash protection but lacking crash avoidance technology 1 star safety: Marginal crash protection

However, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS judged it merely acceptable for frontal and side - impact crash, performance, and poor strength of its roof in a rollover.

Euro NCAP assesses the safety performance of CRS in the front and side crash and evaluates if common CRS available on the European markets can be fitted easily.

To support new concepts in vehicle dynamics — in particular the direct yaw control effected by the torque vectoring capabilities of the front - mounted TMU and the direct, zero - delay response of the chassis to driver inputs — the NSX engineering team was challenged to create a new concept for body design that delivered ultimate rigidity while minimizing weight and meeting other critical targets such as visibility, crash safety performance and durability / quality / reliability (DQR).

For the second year in a row, Aviator's suite of safety features earned it a «Best Pick in its Class» rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, based on performance in the 40 mph frontal offset crashsafety features earned it a «Best Pick in its Class» rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, based on performance in the 40 mph frontal offset crashSafety, based on performance in the 40 mph frontal offset crash test.

More importantly, they all handle so damn well that they offer such high levels of active safety performance that many crashes will be avoided in the first place.

SMS is aiming to reduce this first - corner tomfoolery by introducing a Competitive Racing License, which will grant you both a scalable safety rating — to measure how often you crash, cut corners, game jump etc - and a competitive rating to ensure you're placed in a room of comparable performance.

This investigation identified the truck driver's performance, limitations of the current drug testing program, inadequacies of driver license records and background checks, and the overrepresentation of trucks in work zone crashes as safety issues.

Each year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates cars based on their performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.

Factors like performance in crash tests, standard - equipped safety and security features, and historical rate of theft all play into the rates we pay to insure our vehicles.

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These safety ratings mainly look at two things: prevention — how well the vehicle is able to avoid accidents — and crash performance — how well the vehicle performs / maintains itself in a crash.

In determining whether to approve a driver improvement course for the purposes of this section, the department shall consider course content designed to promote safety, driver awareness, crash avoidance techniques, and other factors or criteria to improve driver performance from a safety viewpoint.