Sentences with phrase «as rollover crashes»

The Safety Canopy is designed to stay inflated for several seconds, as rollover crashes often last much longer than side impact crashes.

After a serious collision, such as a rollover crash, you may have two options to recover your losses.

Not exact matches

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.

To earn the rating, cars must receive top scores of Good in front, side and rear crashes, as well as pass roof - strength tests that measure rollover protection.

The rulemaking proceeding initiated under subsection (a) shall establish standards to reduce the occurrence of rollovers and loss of control crashes consistent with stability enhancing technologies, such as electronic stability control systems.

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.

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).

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 odds of dying in a rollover crash have fallen in recent years, thanks to safety improvements such as electronic stability control (ESC), side curtain airbags and stronger roofs.

Analysis of the real - world experience of ESC indicates the technology is saving lives by helping to prevent rollovers and loss - of - control crashes in cars, minivans, pickups and SUVs (see «ESC benefits keep adding up as feature becomes standard,» Sept. 28, 2011).

As more and more vehicles on the road are equipped with these features, rollover crashes and deaths can be expected to fall even further.

«As the number of rollover crashes that result in injuries decreases, the characteristics of the remaining ones are changing,» says IIHS senior research engineer Matthew Brumbelow.

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.

Sure, they did just fine in NHTSA's physical testing, with a 4 - star ranking for rollover protection and 5 stars for overall safety, frontal - crash protection and side - crash protection, but they also tout a long list of standard and available safety enhancers such as:

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.

On top of earning a five - star rating in its most recent crash test, the car comes as standard with an extensive list of safety equipment, including traction control, rollover protection, lots of airbags, night vision, brake assist and stability control.

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.

The NHTSA gave the 2017 Grand Caravan a 4 - Star Overall Rating, as it lost points in tests for frontal crash and rollover.

As a result of all these measures, the new Cayenne models comply with all legal requirements for all types of crash protection, including frontal, side, diagonal and rear impact, as well as rollover damage and frontal - or sidepost impacAs a result of all these measures, the new Cayenne models comply with all legal requirements for all types of crash protection, including frontal, side, diagonal and rear impact, as well as rollover damage and frontal - or sidepost impacas well as rollover damage and frontal - or sidepost impacas rollover damage and frontal - or sidepost impact.

The Lincoln MKX's NHTSA scores are as follows: 5 - Star Overall, 5 stars for frontal crash, 5 stars for side crash, and 4 starts for rollover.

As reported by Edmunds, the Lincoln MKS was awarded five stars in both the front and side crash test categories, and four stars in the rollover test.

The improved 2006 and 2007 Murano earned perfect five stars in the front and side crash tests, as well as 4 stars in rollover tests.

The Institute introduced the Plus award in 2012 to recognize models that achieve «good» or «acceptable» performance in the small - overlap test as well as «good» ratings in each of four other criteria — moderate overlap front crash, side impact and rollover tests, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.

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).

The organization gave the Sorento five stars for frontal crash and lateral impact, as well as four stars for rollover.

Vehicles on the best choices list must also have a good rating for roof strength to protect in rollover crashes and a good or acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which replicates what happens when the front, driver - side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.

Electronic stability control could prevent nearly one - third of all fatal crashes and reduce rollover risk by as much as 80 %; effect is found on single - and multiple - vehicle crashes

Section 32703 (b)(3) of the Act states that, not later than two years after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall consider requiring motorcoaches to be equipped with stability enhancing technology, such as electronic stability control and torque vectoring, to reduce the number and frequency of rollover crashes of motorcoaches.

With respect to rollover crash avoidance, section 32703 (b)(3) of the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act directs the agency to «consider requiring» stability enhancing technology such as electronic stability control or torque vectoring on over-the-road buses.

The IIHS literally determined the safest car model creation by means of categorical crash tests such as moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact, rollover and rear impact.

According to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), more than 50 % of people killed in SUV crashes were from rollovers as compared to 25 % for a typical passenger car.

Untripped rollover accidents account for only 5 % of rollover crashes, and usually only pertain to top - heavy vehicles such as SUVs or semi-trucks.

As we discuss in our Increased Risk of Rollover Crashes in SUVs article, more than 60 % of the SUV rollover accidents in 1997 caused fatRollover Crashes in SUVs article, more than 60 % of the SUV rollover accidents in 1997 caused fatrollover accidents in 1997 caused fatalities.

• Vehicle Defects - Motor vehicles that have defective parts or are inadequately manufactured can cause single - vehicle collisions such as rollovers and crashes with stationary objects.

Victims will need help from expert witnesses, such as crash investigators and mechanics, who can closely examine all of the causes of a 15 - passenger van rollover, including speed, weather, defective auto parts and more.

A rollover is defined as any crash where a vehicle leaves its wheels, tipping onto its side and / or roof before coming to a rest.

To reduce the frequency of rollover crashes, drivers should be diligent about steering technique and not overcorrect steering in a panicked attempt to avoid an object in the roadway such as an animal that suddenly appears or a patch of snow or ice on the road or highway.

We also have successfully represented motor vehicle crash clients with products liability claims and lawsuits against the manufacturers of defective automobile and auto parts (defective airbags, faulty seat belts, engine malfunctions, etc), as well as in cases involving SUV rollovers.

The IIHS performs side impact and rollover crash tests and rates vehicles as poor, marginal, acceptable, or good based on their performances in these tests.