Sentences with phrase «in rear crashes»

New crash test results reflect the improvements manufacturers continue to make in protecting people in front and side crashes, but protection in rear crashes lags.

Side tests were added in 2003 and rear tests in 2004 (see «New 1996 Taurus tops competition in crashworthiness evaluation,» Dec. 2, 1995, Status Report special issue: side impact crashworthiness, June 28, 2003, and Status Report special issue: protection against neck injury in rear crashes, Nov. 20, 2004).

The Saab and Volvo not only provide good protection in high - speed front and side crashes but also have good seat and head restraint designs for protecting against whiplash in rear crashes.»

Significant differences also were apparent among the convertibles in the protection they afford in rear crashes.

ARLINGTON, Va. — New crash test results reflect the improvements manufacturers continue to make in protecting people in front and side crashes, but protection in rear crashes lags.

The Institute also named an additional 26 vehicles that earned good ratings in the front and side crash tests and offered electronic stability control as standard or optional, but fell short in rear crash protection.

An updated HLDI - IIHS analysis shows that injury rates are 11 percent lower in rear crashes when vehicles are equipped with good head restraints compared with poor ones.

Fords are only models to earn top rating; most seat / head restraints provide inadequate protection against neck injuries in rear crashes

«Many manufacturers haven't paid as much attention to occupant protection in rear crashes, compared with front and side crashes,» Lund points out.

The vehicle's front seatback was also changed in order to improve protection against whiplash in rear crashes, as measured by the Institute's test of head restraint and seat combinations.

Protection in side impacts improves, but most cars tested still afford marginal or poor protection in rear crashes

While the Audi A4 and BMW 3 series earn good ratings in frontal offset tests, both are rated marginal for side impact protection and poor for protection in rear crashes.

The seat / head restraints in the Optima are the only ones the Institute tested this time around that earn the top rating of good for occupant protection in rear crashes.

The earlier model also came up short for roof strength, which is important for protecting occupants in a rollover crash, and for head restraints, which help prevent neck injuries in a rear crash.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2017 Lexus IS, a midsize luxury car, qualifies for the highest award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety after changes were made to improve protection in small overlap front crashes and in rear crashes.

The Institute also conducts 40 mph frontal offset crash tests and evaluates vehicles» seat / head restraint designs for protection in rear crashes.

The seatback springs are optimized so that in a rear crash, when the seatback is pushed forward into the occupant, the seat will absorb the occupant's mass in manner that can help minimize the severity of a whiplash injury.

The Camaro and Mustang earn good ratings for head restraints and seats to protect against neck injuries in rear crashes.

The i3, a small car, fails to reach the winner's circle because it rates only acceptable in the head restraint and seat evaluation, which measures a vehicle's ability to protect against neck injuries in a rear crash.

The 2017 Lexus IS, a midsize luxury car, qualifies for the highest award from IIHS after changes were made to improve protection in small overlap front crashes and in rear crashes.

«Protection in rear crashes is an area where many vehicles lag behind in safety,» Lund notes.

Nissan also improved occupant protection in rear crashes and rollovers, boosting the Maxima's head restraints and seats rating from marginal to good and its roof strength rating from acceptable to good.