Sentences with phrase «in a side impact»

Beginning with 2005 models, changes were made to the side curtain and side torso airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2013 models, design changes were made to the seat - mounted side torso airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The Legacy also earned a good structural rating in the side impact test.

2005 - 2008 models without side airbags were given a «poor» rating in side impact collisions, while the 2010 models with the system achieved a «good» classification.

These models were given an acceptable overall rating in side impacts.

Maximum points were scored in the side impact barrier test, with good protection of all critical body regions.

It's the first infant car seat to use an air protect cushion system to better protect your child's head in side impact crashes.

Very safe in side impact collision (found out the hard way on the driver side).

In crashes with another passenger vehicle, 51 percent of driver deaths in recent model cars during 2000 - 01 occurred in side impacts, up from 31 percent in 1980 - 81.

More than 8,000 people were killed in side impacts in 2007.

As occupant protection in frontal crashes improves, the relative importance of protecting people in side impacts increases.

Additional design features addressing head injury in side impact crashes are needed to achieve further reductions in fatalities.

If you're destined to die in a side impact crash, accept it.

They're an alternative way to protect the chest and abdomen in a side impact, but not the only way.

Three vehicles are rated marginal in the side impact test.

Almost 10,000 occupant deaths occur each year in side impact crashes, and head injuries cause more than half of these deaths.

This is because of significant improvements in frontal crash protection without corresponding improvements in side impact protection.

They earned four stars for driver and passenger in the frontal crash and five stars for the driver in the side impact.

That way in a side impact collision you do not transfer crash forces from one seat to the other.

The sides are well padded also, meaning it is again comfortable, but also would protect the girls if we were involved in a side impact collision.

It has a built in side impact protection that covers your child from injuries and collision.

And speaking of that, what price the safety of the little ones in a side impact?

Five more midsize models will be tested in side impacts later this year.

Beginning with 2014 models, the side torso airbags were modified to improve the protection of drivers and front seat passengers in side impact crashes.

The 1 1/2 year dummy was contained in the side impact.

Beginning with 2015 models, the seat - mounted side torso airbags and front door trim were modified to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The frontal air bags will not deploy in a side impact or rollover, unless there is also a front or front - corner impact of sufficient severity to trigger the frontal air bags.

In the side impact test, it received 5 stars for front passenger protection, and 5 stars rear passenger protection.

Sadly, a true hard - top wouldn't work today because it isn't safe in a side impact.

In crashes involving a car and another passenger vehicle, about half of the car driver deaths in 2000 - 01 occurred in side impacts.

Each year more than 9,000 passenger vehicle occupants die in side impacts.

Many new cars are being equipped with airbags designed to protect people's heads in side impacts.

Almost 10,000 passenger vehicle occupants die each year in side impacts, and head injuries are a leading cause.

Beginning with 2014 models, the side curtain and side torso airbags as well as the front seat structure were modified to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

As of May 2016, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has not tested an Escalade, but the National Highway Safety and Transportation Administration (NHTSA) has awarded it five stars in side impact tests and three stars in rollover prevention.

It features the RECARO Side Impact Protection System, which is designed to specifically protect each of the 5 vulnerable areas of a child in a side impact collision which means great peace of mind.

ARLINGTON, Va. — For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated vehicles in side impact crash tests to provide consumer information.

They also earn the «best pick» designation in side impact crash tests recently conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

In part this is because of a voluntary agreement among automakers, forged in 2003, to improve occupant protection in side impacts with SUVs and pickups — an agreement that essentially will result in all cars, SUVs, and pickups having head - protecting side airbags by the 2010 model year.

Volvo claims this system will reduce serious injuries by 25 percent in side impact accidents.

In its most recent test, the 2016 model year Subaru Forester scored the full five stars, with exceptionally good results in the side impact category.

Forward movement of the dummy's head was not excessive in the frontal impact and both the 3 year and 18 month dummies were properly contained by their respective child restraints in the side impact.

In a 2011 report by IIHS, the group found that side impact airbags reduced the chance of death in a side impact crash by 37 % in cars and 52 % in pickup trucks.

The Fusion earned the lowest rating of poor in the side impact test.

The Vitara scored maximum points in the side impact barrier test with good protection of all critical body areas.

-LSB-...] revealed problems with some seats, such as failures in side impact crashes and numerous cases of infant seats detaching from their bases.

We should focus mostly on the more common frontal collisions but keeping our children rear facing for a long time is also a great way to keep vulnerable head and neck area well protected in side impact collisions.

Energy - Absorbing Foam Layer: Absorbs energy in a side impact collision resulting in less force transferred directly to your child.

The advanced frontal airbags are activated in stages in relation to impact severity while the side airbags integrated into the sides of the front seat backrests reduce the risk of injury at chest, hip and head levels in side impact situations.