Sentences with phrase «vehicle rollover crash»

In the case of a single - vehicle rollover crash, the manufacturer may be to blame.
Fatal single - vehicle rollover crashes are reduced even more — 70 percent for cars and 88 percent for the other vehicles.
«Our research shows that a strength - to - weight ratio of 4 reflects an estimated 50 percent reduction in the risk of serious and fatal injury in single - vehicle rollover crashes compared with the current federal standard of 1.5,» Lund explains.
A majority (95 %) of single - vehicle rollover crashes are tripped, meaning a high tripping force caused the vehicle to become airborne or flip over.

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«Coupled with only an «acceptable» rating in roof strength, our concern there is these types of vehicles tend to be involved in a lot of single - vehicle crashes and single - vehicle crashes with rollovers
This law is also known as the Anton Skeen Law, named for a child who died in a rollover crash because, although he was properly restrained by state law at the time, the vehicle seatbelt could not protect him during the crash.
Rollover Resistance Test: Forecasts the risk of rolling over in a single vehicle crash based on statistical and dynamic factors.
The new side - curtain airbag spans all five rows of the vehicle's interior, helping protect the van's passengers in a crash or rollover accident.
FMVSS 226, introduced in 2011, is designed to prevent vehicle passengers from being thrown from a car in side - impact or rollover crashes.
To earn a Top Safety Pick + designation, vehicles must score a good rating in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests, in addition to an acceptable or good rating in the newer, more challenging small overlap front test.
The IIHS annually recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good rating in a series of tests conducted by the Institute.
The vehicle received five star ratings for how well it performed in the front, side and rollover crashes.
To qualify as an IIHS Top Safety Pick +, vehicles must perform well in the IIHS small overlap front crash test in addition to head - on, side, and rollover tests.
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.
Good structure means a strong occupant compartment or safety cage, crumple zones to absorb the force of a serious crash, side structure that can manage the force of a striking vehicle or struck object and a strong roof that won't collapse in a rollover.
ESC lowers the risk of a fatal single - vehicle crash by about half, and it lowers the risk of a fatal rollover crash by as much as 70 percent (see «Roof strength affects injury risk in SUV rollover crashes, study finds,» March 15, 2008).
IIHS rates vehicles based on their performance in moderate overlap front crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a roof strength test for rollover protection, plus evaluations of seats / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
That means it is less inclined to roll over than traditional SUVs — a matter of some concern to SUV opponents, although rollovers account for 2.5 percent of all crashes involving all kinds of vehicles on U.S. roads.
The federal government's New Car Assessment Program also evaluates new vehicles for protection in front, side and rollover crashes.
In government crash test ratings, the 2015 Hyundai Sonata managed to earn a 5 - Star Overall Vehicle Score from the NHTSA, earning five stars in all categories, except for Rollover, where it earned four stars.
The vehicle receved four stars in the front crash test, five stars in the side crash test and four stars in the rollover crash test.
As a convenience to new car shoppers, the Overall Vehicle Score represents the combined results of the overall ratings from the frontal crash tests, the side crash tests2 and the rollover - resistance3 into a single, summary score between one and five stars.
The Institute's Top Safety Pick award recognizes passenger vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute evaluations.
«Rollovers of vehicles with ESC tend to be more complex crashes,» Brumbelow says.
IIHS rates vehicles in a moderate overlap front crash, small overlap front crash, side impact and rollover test, and evaluates seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impact collisions.
NHTSA estimates that ESC has the potential to prevent 72 percent of the car rollovers and 64 percent of the SUV rollovers that would otherwise occur in single - vehicle crashes.
Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that earn good ratings in four Institute crash tests: moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear.
As more and more vehicles on the road are equipped with these features, rollover crashes and deaths can be expected to fall even further.
New features include roof - mounted head curtain side air bags with rollover protection for all seating rows and front - seat safety belt pretensioners that are linked to the vehicle's sensing system to provide segment - exclusive deployment in rear - end crashes.
In that rigorous testing regimen, vehicles are analyzed for passenger protection in frontal crash, side crash and rollover scenarios, and NHTS also keeps track of which entries offer «Recommended Technologies» such as a rearview camera, forward collision warning or lane departure warning.
The rollover test is designed to help consumers pick vehicles that will protect them the best in one of the most serious kinds of crashes.
Dynamic (moving) test results (Tip or No Tip) and measured rollover - related properties determine vehicle's risk of rollover in single vehicle crash and its rollover rating.
Top Safety Pick recognizes the vehicles that earn the highest ratings for front, side, rollover, and rear crash protection, and that have electronic stability control, which is standard on the 5 series.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
The tests assess how well vehicles would protect people in rollover crashes.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, as well as evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
Top Safety Pick + awards are handed out only to vehicles which score «good» ratings in moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear crash tests; and a «good» or «acceptable» rating in the new small overlap test.
New research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration backs up the Institute's findings about the importance of roof strength in protecting vehicle occupants in rollover crashes.
The NHTSA actively crash tests new vehicles with criteria for Frontal Crash, Side Crash, and Rollover protection.
NHTSA's NCAP provides front, side, and rollover crash test ratings, all aimed at helping consumers in making their vehicle purchasing decisions.
StabiliTrak electronic stability control system helps reduce the risk of rollover crashes by keeping the vehicle in the driver's intended path by applying throttle, braking or a combination of both.
The Police Interceptor utility vehicle features Ford's exclusive Safety Canopy ® side - curtain airbag rollover protection system that helps protect passengers in both rollover and side - impact crashes.
The Institute is releasing its first roof strength ratings to help consumers choose vehicles that offer the best protection in rollover crashes.
Electronic stability control is one of the most effective technologies for preventing deadly crashes, especially single - vehicle rollovers, a new study confirms.
According to the IIHS, the award «recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rear, and now for 2010 rollover crashes
Large trucks and buses soon will be equipped with the same technology that has slashed rollover crashes in passenger vehicles, thanks to a new federal requirement.
Details: A vehicle may have been assembled with a broken fuel tank control valve, which could cause a fuel leak in a rollover crash and, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.
Electronic stability control is significantly reducing rollovers, especially fatal single - vehicle ones (see «ESC reduces multiple - vehicle crashes as well as single - vehicle ones,» June 13, 2006).
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