Crashworthiness refers to the ability of an object, usually a vehicle, to protect the people inside during a crash. It means how well the object can withstand the impact and minimize injuries to the occupants.
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This large SUV was actually named a Top Safety Pick +, which means it passed all of
crashworthiness tests and comes equipped with «Acceptable» headlights.
The Five Hundred without the side airbags will be tested next year when the Institute assesses the side impact
crashworthiness of other large family cars.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Audi Q3, a small SUV, earns the 2015 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for good
crashworthiness ratings, including in the challenging small overlap front test.
This year, only 48 vehicles could claim to earn both good ratings
in crashworthiness testing and on its advanced collision warning system.
Many parts intended for racing or other «off - highway» use are not designed or tested
for crashworthiness or to meet the safety needs of the motoring public, and may adversely affect the original intended performance or handling characteristics of the vehicle.
All three small cars earn
good crashworthiness evaluations, and the Sedona is rated acceptable overall.
That rating requires a vehicle to score Good on a multitude of
IIHS crashworthiness tests and receive an Advanced or Superior score on front crash prevention, which was a new IIHS requirement in 2016.
Like the outgoing model, the new Pilot has good ratings in IIH's four
other crashworthiness evaluations — moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
The new Rogue has
improved crashworthiness ratings over the previous generation and offers an optional forward collision warning system.
SUVs weren't eligible to win in 2006 because the Institute hadn't evaluated the
side crashworthiness of many of them.
Success in
crashworthiness cases requires experience, a sophisticated understanding of engineering issues and of the law, and an investment in time and resources.
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Overall Crashworthiness Evaluations of Midsize Moderately Priced Cars.
IIHS evaluates
crashworthiness with five tests: moderate and small overlap frontal crashes, a side crash, a roof strength test and a head restraint and seat test that simulates a rear impact.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) began testing U.S. vehicles for side -
impact crashworthiness in 2003.
«These findings lend additional validity to programs that rate
vehicle crashworthiness based on the results of crash tests,» says Institute president Brian O'Neill.
To earn the IIHS «Top Safety Pick Plus» designation, a vehicle must earn a «Good» or better on all five
crashworthiness categories and also receive an «Advanced» or «Superior» rating for front crash prevention.
«We also wanted to evaluate a group of vehicles that automakers wouldn't expect us to test to see if
crashworthiness improvements in mainstream cars also are being built into convertibles.
Today, attorneys who understand the dangers underlying automotive design defects focus their efforts
on crashworthiness cases, also known as «enhanced injury» or «second collision» claims.
The three family - friendly Honda vehicles — each earning the
top crashworthiness ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and equipped with a standard rearview camera — were selected out of hundreds of models for excelling in the key areas of safety, convenience features, performance and value.
When it comes to the IIHS
determining crashworthiness, ratings range from good, acceptable, and marginal, and are based on five tests, including moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraints testing.
The ratings, products of the Institute's roof strength testing program, add to consumer information tests that rate vehicles» front, side, and
rear crashworthiness.
The 2017 Toyota Highlander received the highest rating possible in all Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety crashworthiness tests, and its standard forward - collision automatic emergency braking system also earned the highest rating.
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Defense of both foreign and domestic automobile manufacturers in more than 600 cases involving a wide variety of alleged design or manufacturing defects, including cases involving air bag, seat belt, vehicle structure and other
crashworthiness claims;
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rated the base VW Golf a Top Safety Pick, representing its second -
highest crashworthiness scores, but that rating may not apply to the R due to differences in the cars» drivetrains.
The small car already had good ratings for
crashworthiness from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, including in the challenging small overlap front crash test.
Additionally, for 2014 the Top Safety Pick must rate «acceptable» or better in the IIHS» new small - overlap
front crashworthiness evaluation.
In a case involving
poor crashworthiness due to a seatbelt design flaw, our attorneys obtained a verdict of $ 55.3 million, the largest auto defect award in Pennsylvania history.
Questions
about crashworthiness naturally arise even before anyone asks what the Fortwo has under the hood.
The Problem:
During crashworthiness testing of the new Chevrolet Caprice PPV (which, like the G8, is derived from the Holden Commodore), GM discovered if the front passenger was a female in the 5th height percentile and the seat placed in its forwardmost position, the seat position sensor would not read correctly.
This study, which is an extension of an earlier study, examined an additional 64 frontal crashes of airbag - equipped vehicles in the 1997 - 98 National Automotive Sampling System
Crashworthiness Data System (NASS / CDS) in which the driver died.
Since 1997 the federal New Car Assessment Program, which
compares crashworthiness among new passenger vehicles, has included side impacts.
To achieve the
required crashworthiness, the whole body structure has been beefed up with thicker cross sections and stronger crumple zones.
To evaluate the extent to which automakers are
extending crashworthiness improvements to 2 - door cars, the Institute recently conducted front, side, and rear tests of 2009 coupes including the Chevrolet Cobalt, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, and Scion tC, all small models, plus the midsize Volvo C30.
Meanwhile, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated the 2017 Lexus LS with its top «Good» rating in both the Moderate Overlap Front and Head Restraints &
Seats crashworthiness tests, while front crash prevention was rated as «Basic.»
They cover basic safety equipment (e.g. tires, headlamps / tail lamps, brake hoses and brake hose assemblies, etc.) and establish vehicle
crashworthiness requirements (front and side impact, roof crush resistance, fuel system integrity, etc.).
Ever
since crashworthiness regulations for door locks and door retention components were established in the early 1970s (Federal Vehicle Safety Standard 206), automakers have been required to install door latches in their vehicles that can sustain an inertial load of 30 G's (thirty times the force of gravity) during a crash.
Top
level crashworthiness aside, the RM100k standard spec car comes with seven airbags (dual front, side, curtain and driver's knee), ABS, brake assist, hill - start assist and Vehicle Stability Management, which is good.
Although engineering changes were made to improve frontal
crashworthiness beginning with 2002 models built after November 2001, these changes were not expected to affect side - impact performance.
«The Volt's
crashworthiness performance puts it in the top tier for small car safety,» said Joe Nolan, IIHS senior vice president for vehicle research.
At Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., we have significant experience handling auto defect cases
involving crashworthiness and other factors.
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