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These ratings are based primarily on performance in 40 mph crash tests conducted by IIHS.
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Four of the five midsize SUVs recently tested allowed excessive damage in a series of 5 mph crash tests.
Seven new cars turned in varying performances in 5 mph crash tests to assess how well their bumpers prevent costly damage in parking lot - type impacts.
The Institute conducted repeated 30 mph crash tests with child restraints and found that most don't need to be thrown out after a crash.
WASHINGTON — Consumers shouldn't get the idea that sport - utilities are unsafe or «flimsy» based on the highly publicized results of 5 - mph crash tests conducted by the insurance industry, an auto industry official said.
In 5 - mph crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on six 1999 sport - utilities, damage ranged from about $ 2,900 on a Mercedes - Benz ML320 to more than $ 6,200 on a Mitsubishi Montero Sport.
The institute, the insurance industry's research arm, said in a recent study that it tallied damages as high as $ 4,361 after conducting 5 - mph crash tests on five small pickups.
The Institute's 5 mph crash tests assess bumper performance in the kinds of minor impacts that frequently occur in commuter traffic and parking lots.
The federal government has been testing new passenger vehicles in 35 mph crash tests since 1978.
An aftermarket device that attaches to the sides of a tractor - trailer successfully prevented a midsize car from sliding underneath the trailer in a 40 mph crash test conducted by IIHS.
When the Kia Sedona hit the barrier in a 5 mph crash test, the airbags deployed.
The 2003 Infiniti Q45 is a successor to the 1997 Q45 design that was a marginal performer in the Institute's 40 mph crash test.
Not exact matches
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Rear facing crash test at 35 mph (50 km / h) of a Britax Two - Way (ugly colors I know: — RRB --RRB-.
We can stage crashes equivalent to 85 km / h (53 mph) in the car - much higher than the European Safety Regulations of 30 mph or ADAC crash tests at 40 mph.
We stage crashes equivalent to 85 km / h (53 mph) in the car - much higher than the European Safety Regulations of 30 mph or ADAC crash tests at 40 mph.
The new body structure is 25 percent stiffer than the old E46 3 - series, the main goal being to enhance crash performance, particularly in the new federal 50 - mph, rear - end offset crash and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety side - impact test.
IIHS says the Q7's optional pre-collision braking system fully avoided a crash during a 12 - mph test; in the 25 - mph test, the Q7 slowed to just 2 mph before impact.
The group then ran crash testing on each pair, allowing them to collide against one another at 10 mph.
The new small overlap frontal crash test, designed to simulate what would happen when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or object, constitutes the front end of the driver's side striking a five - foot tall rigid barrier at 40 mph.
The frontal crash test crashes the vehicle into a fixed barrier at 35 miles per hour, and the side crash plows a 3,015 lb barrier moving at 38.5 mph into a standing vehicle.
To give you the perfect blend of adventure and safety, it passed its IIHS» front crash prevention and mitigation test in the results of which it reduced a 25 - mph impact by 5 mph and a 12 - mph impact by 1 mph, receiving an advanced rating.
The new test will augment the agency's existing frontal test, which crashes a car at 40 mph against a deformable barrier that overlaps 40 % of the front.
The Sept. 9, 2009, crash featured a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air versus a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu in a moderate overlap front test at 40 mph.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of a Maxima with the structural and airbag modifications in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.
The MKX managed to avoid an imminent collision by itself at both 12 mph and 25 mph, the two tests that are run to determine the effectiveness of the crash prevention.
A Volt that underwent a 20 mph side - impact crash test caught on fire several weeks later, causing the Volt as...
In IIHS track tests at 12 mph and 25 mph, a Sedona equipped with the new front crash prevention system avoided collisions.
Comparison of Mitsubishi Galant models: 1995, 1999, 2004 Measured intrusion (cm) in 40 mph frontal offset crash tests
For eight years the Institute has been providing comparative rankings of passenger vehicles based on performance in frontal offset crash tests at 40 mph.
Each vehicle's overall side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of the vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.
The Institute ran crash tests at 10 mph with the new F - 150 crew cab and its 2014 steel - bodied predecessor.
The test simulates a rear - end crash with a velocity change of 10 mph, approximately equivalent to a stationary vehicle being struck at 20 mph by a vehicle of the same weight.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of a 1999 ML 320 with the structural changes in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.
Each test simulates an intersection crash in which a striking vehicle moving at 30 mph, represented by the barrier, hits the driver side of a vehicle going 15 mph.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of a GS 400 with the structural changes in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.
In addition, the Hyundai Tucson's front crash prevention system was given six points by the IIHS and its automatic braking system allowed the Tucson to circumvent accidents in the 12 mph and 25 mph tests.
The vehicle avoided a crash in the 12 mph IIHS track test.
The side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.
The Institute's frontal crashworthiness evaluation is based on results of a 40 mph frontal offset crash test.
The Institute rates vehicles as basic, advanced or superior for front crash prevention depending on whether they offer autobrake and, if so, how effective it is in tests at 12 and 25 mph.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the CTS in two 40 mph frontal offset crash tests into deformable barriers.
When put to the test, the Continental frontal crash system was able to avoid collision at both 12 And 25 mph.
The Lincoln Continental's optional front crash prevention system earns a superior rating, and when equipped with the system, the sedan avoided collisions in IIHS track tests at 12 mph and 25 mph.
The test differs from the U.S. government's frontal crash test, in which a car strikes a rigid barrier head - on at 35 mph.
In this evaluation, vehicles were tested in a frontal crash at 40 mph (64 km / h) and in a side crash at 31 mph (50 km / h) with a movable barrier shaped like the front end of an SUV.
It's similar to the crash tests where the driver's side hits a barrier at 40 mph.
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.
The Institute's crashworthiness evaluations are based primarily on results of the frontal offset crash test at 40 mph.
In NHTSA's frontal test, passenger vehicles crash at 35 mph into a rigid barrier covering the full width of the vehicle.