The Institute rates models with optional or standard front
crash prevention systems as superior, advanced or basic depending on whether they offer autonomous braking, or autobrake, and, if so, how effective it is in tests at 12 and 25 mph.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Subaru Impreza, previously a Top Safety Pick award winner, moves up to 2014 Top Safety Pick + with the addition of a superior - rated front
crash prevention system as an option on the 2015 model.
Not exact matches
The requirements for front
crash prevention systems also became tighter for 2016,
as TSP + winners must earn either an «Advanced» or a «Superior» rating.
The Sorento only offers a front collision warning
system, while the IIHS» new criteria requires either an «Advanced» or «Superior» rating from frontal
crash prevention systems, meaning that the vehicle must have some active element such
as collision mitigation braking.
The IIHS gave the 2015 Outlander the «Top Safety Pick +» rating, with the model getting the top «Good» rating for all criteria,
as well
as the «Advanced» rating for front
crash prevention thanks to the optional Forward Collision Mitigation
System.
Crash avoidance technology, such
as front
crash prevention systems, should help offset some of the effects of distracted driving
as these
systems make their way into more vehicles on the road.
«Just
as forward collision warning
systems that include autonomous braking cut
crashes more sharply than those that don't, lane departure
prevention systems that don't rely on a driver's response may hold more promise than the
systems HLDI has looked at so far,» says David Zuby, the Institute's chief research officer.
So, for example, the Subaru Outback can be advertised
as earning the Top Safety Pick Plus rating, even though much of the inventory on its dealers» lots are not actually TSP + eligible because the forward
crash prevention system is not included on top - selling trims.
It coupled a score of acceptable or better in the small front overlap test with at least the OPTION of an automated frontal
crash prevention system on that model
as the minimum bar to receive TSP +.
Twenty - seven percent of 2015 models offer a front
crash prevention system with autobrake, more than twice
as many
as in the 2012 model year.
The front
crash prevention features of the Top Safety Pick + winners run the gamut from basic warning
systems, such
as those offered on the Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Honda's four winners, to Subaru's EyeSight warning and autobrake
system.
On top of that, the GLC SUV also offers a standard COLLISION
PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS system, which was rated as «superior» in front crash p
PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS
system, which was rated
as «superior» in front
crash preventionprevention.
The vehicle must also have a front
crash prevention system that earns a superior or advanced rating,
as well
as good - rated headlights.
Under the three - tier rating program, models with optional or standard front
crash prevention systems are rated
as superior, advanced or basic.
Cutting edge
crash prevention technologies fitted to the mid-size General Motors pickups include forward collision and lane departure warning
systems, which are offered
as optional equipment.
It also must have a front
crash prevention system that earns a superior or advanced rating,
as well
as good - rated headlights.
For front
crash prevention, the model was given the «Basic» rating
as it lacks low - speed and high - speed auto brake
systems.
To assist consumers, IIHS lists the manufacturer's name — or one of the names — for the
system,
as well
as the package name, for each vehicle rated for front
crash prevention.