How do the Institute's frontal crash tests differ from NHTSA's New Car Assessment
Program frontal test?
Not exact matches
The Ridgeline pickup achieved a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Rating in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment
Program (NCAP) by scoring 5 stars in the
frontal crash
tests for driver and passenger, 5 stars for side crash
tests for both front and rear seats, and 4 stars in the rollover
test.
The effort is similar to the Institute's
frontal offset
test program, which informs consumers and encourages automakers to improve vehicle designs for
frontal crashworthiness.
«These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the Institute's
frontal crash
test program in bringing about improvements in vehicle designs,» says Adrian Lund, the Institute's chief operating officer.
This new
test program is based on years of analyzing real - world
frontal crashes and then replicating them in our crash
test facility to determine how people are being seriously injured and how cars can be designed to protect them better.
The 2013 Civic Sedan recently received the top 5 - Star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment
Program (NCAP), and the highest possible rating of TOP SAFETY PICK + from the IIHS, including a top score of GOOD in the new small overlap
frontal collision
test.
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 collision
test.
«The change reflects the big improvements manufacturers have made in
frontal crashworthiness in response to Institute and federal government
frontal crash
test programs,» says Institute president Adrian Lund.
«Inside IIHS:
Frontal offset testing» provides a close - up view of the Institute's two frontal crash test pr
Frontal offset
testing» provides a close - up view of the Institute's two
frontal crash test pr
frontal crash
test programs.
«We haven't had a poor or a marginal performer in our
frontal offset crash
test program since 2001.
The front car
testing is important in assessing the integrity of the vehicle front during a
frontal impact just like the aim of the new car assessment
program of NHTSA.