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This is the first 5 series ever to earn the Top Safety Pick award, and the first BMW to achieve this since the Institute implemented a new rollover test requirement.
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To earn a Top Safety Pick + designation, vehicles must score a good rating in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests, in addition to an acceptable or good rating in the newer, more challenging small overlap front test.
The Ridgeline pickup achieved a 5 - star Overall Vehicle Rating in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) by scoring 5 stars in the frontal crash tests for driver and passenger, 5 stars for side crash tests for both front and rear seats, and 4 stars in the rollover test.
The vehicles earned the Top Safety Pick + award because they received good ratings in the Institute's moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, plus good or acceptable ratings in the new small overlap test.
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.
That made beautiful Sedona the perfect spot to test - drive the new 2002 Ford Explorer, a vehicle that could stand spiritual healing after being battered by the Firestone tire scandal involving more than 100 deaths blamed on tire failures and subsequent rollovers, mostly on Explorers.
The 2017 Civic earned high ratings for many safety tests, while the new Corolla is mostly untested, with its overall rollover rating coming in at only four stars.
ARLINGTON, Va. — New test results show that some automakers are doing a good job of designing vehicle roofs that perform much better than current federal rollover standards require.
«Top Safety Pick» is the second highest award after the «Top Safety Pick +», and to bring home this award, the vehicles need to score good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, regardless of their rating in the all - new Small Overlap Frontal Crash test.
Top Safety Pick + awards are handed out only to vehicles which score «good» ratings in moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear crash tests; and a «good» or «acceptable» rating in the new small overlap test.
The NHTSA actively crash tests new vehicles with criteria for Frontal Crash, Side Crash, and Rollover protection.
Because the small overlap crash test is so new, the IIHS only requires cars to score «good» or «acceptable» on it to earn a Top Safety Pick rating — provided they ace all four of the organization's other crash tests (moderate front overlap, side, rollover, and rear).
Suggested approaches for enhancing the New Car Assessment Program including front, side, and rear tests; rollover crashes; and crash avoidance technology (comment)