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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.

Not exact matches

In order to quantify the anomalous nature of the test result, we calculate the probability (a p - value) from an exponential distribution fit to the mini flash crashes during Control Period 2 (that is, the distribution of mini flash crashes in all three - minute windows shown in Fig 3, fit to an exponential distribution).

Marring those results is a safety concern stemming from the side - impact crash - test results: During the test, the cabin door panel hit the torso of the dummy in the rear seat, increasing the chance of injury.

From the US NHTSA crash test results the new model is picking almost all five stars with its features.

The upcoming 2019 Cadillac XT5 is very safe car from the crash test results.

The Challenger doesn't perform well in small overlap crash testing, scoring «Marginal» results from the IIHS, but scored best results of Good for the moderate front overlap and side impact test.

Joe Nolan, IIHS Senior Vice President, Vehicle Research, noted that the results ran the gamut from the best rating of «Good,» to the worst rating of «Poor,» and that some small cars continue to «struggle» with the IIHS small overlap front crash test.

[17] The results from the test were helped by the use of high - strength steel used in the body shell which was designed to spread crash forces over distinct load channels, therefore ensuring the safety of the occupants within the safety cell.

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.

As a result of its fairly encompassing array of safety features (ranging from items like hill start assist to the obligatory complement of airbags and stability systems), the Jeep Grand Cherokee was able to, in its rear - wheel drive and all - wheel drive guises respectively, secure a four and a five - star safety rating in its most recent 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.

Ward said the results highlight the importance of the Indian government's decision to mandate the front and side impact crash tests from October 2017.

As of July, crash test and safety scores have not been released for the 2018 Sonata, but in the past, the Sonata has earned full scores on the IIHS's tests (making it a Top Safety Pick) and near - perfect results from the NHTSA's evaluations (full stars in 3/4 categories).

In a release issued yesterday the institute said results from 2009 testing showed that small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal injury to front seat occupants in vehicles that otherwise had good rating for frontal crash protection.

IIHS testing reveals that in crashes of this type the impact occurs toward the car's outer edge; the vehicle has a tendency to rotate during the collision, resulting in the driver's head moving outboard, away from the frontal airbag.

However, none of these organisations has published crash tests of the GS, so presumably these are estimates resulting from internal data.

WASHINGTON - Side - impact air bags do not guarantee a vehicle top ratings in the government's side - impact crash tests, results from the latest round of testing show.

Crash test results combine scores from frontal, side - impact and rollover crash tests.

Several GM models have achieved zero or one star ratings in Latin NCAP crash testing, with many more from other key manufacturers receiving similarly dismal results.

The researchers compared injury data reported from real crashes with results of both the Institute's frontal offset crash tests and the federal government's full - front tests.

Crash test results from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) are as good as they get, as is the Pilot's availability of front crash prevention features, so it gets a Top Safety Pick +.

Testing showed that this can occur if the mats are moved forward from the clipped position approximately two inches into a position in which the rear edge of the mats will abut the retention clip (s) when installed singly and align with the clip (s) when stacked on another floor mat.The pedal interference incidents reviewed by the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) include 1 crash and 9 incidents with allegations of brake friction materials smoking and / or requiring repair for heat related damage.The crash incident occurred after the parking brake was applied at speed, resulting in loss - of - control vehicle yaw event caused by lock - up of the rear tires.The spin - out resulted in a side impact collision with an oncoming vehicle in an opposing lane of traffic.

Plus, each model consistently receives stellar crash - test results from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.

What we can't understand, however, is Euro NCAP's decision to announce the far - from - stellar results in such an enthusiastic fashion, which only came after Ford was penalized when the Mustang first underwent the entity's crash tests.

Like the IIHS, the NHTSA also provides safety information based on results from crash tests.