Sentences with phrase «occupant injury»

The crash tests compare vehicles by their performance in front crashes into a fixed barrier at 35 mph; more than half of vehicle occupant injuries occur in such accidents.

Conequence: If the service parts do not have energy - absorbing foam blocks, there may be an increased risk of occupant injury in the event of a crash.

The addition of two new crash test dummies due to their advanced instrumentation and more - human - like (biofidelic) response to the forces experienced in frontal and side crashes to better predict occupant injuries in these types of crashes;

Automakers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to car occupant injuries, and a big part of this is to equip vehicles with side airbags.

Though lacking air bags, the 1995 Tracker does come with standard rear - wheel, anti-lock brakes and a reinforced safety cage designed to minimize occupant injuries in crashes.

NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program compares vehicles by their performance in frontal crashes at 35 mph because more than half of vehicle occupant injuries occur in such accidents.

The car gets a 4 - star rating in frontal - impact testing, and in side - impact testing the NHTSA determined that elevated rear seat occupant injury risk exists due to excessive rear door intrusion into the passenger compartment.

Joint letter concerning recommended procedures for evaluating occupant injury risk from deploying side airbags (comment)

Occupant injury kinematics analysis, time distance and drag factor analysis with the use of the Vericom and V - Box Sport Systems, etc..

«As these features are designed to protect the occupants of the vehicle, they impact the costs for coverages that deal with occupant injuries, such as medical expense, personal injury protection and uninsured / underinsured motorist.

GM and BMW have been working on a crash notification system that predicts the severity of occupant injuries and reports that to the 911 call center.

Auto manufacturers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to occupant injuries in struck cars (see Status Report special issue: vehicle incompatibility in crashes, April 28, 2005).

TVR also reckons that its lengthy experience with mat and resins and the combination of triangulated tubes and glassfibre, laid up around a central core, provides exceptional energy absorption in a shunt; it might surprise you to learn that during the Type Approval crash tests for the Tuscan, which has a very similar layout, many of the occupant injury criteria were «significantly below the permitted limits» without recourse to airbags.

Conequence: If the passenger side sun visor detaches and is propelled rearward, there is an increased risk of occupant injury.

Concern: Electrical short circuits could cause the frontal air bags, side curtain air bags, and / or safety belt pre-tensioners to fail when needed, increasing the risk of occupant injury in the event of a motor vehicle crash.

Conequence: If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

On some of these vehicles, during a side impact collision, the side airbag on the side opposite the collision may go off when they shouldn't, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

Concern: If the passenger side sun visor detaches and is propelled rearward, there is an increased risk of occupant injury.

With side - impact crashes, vehicle damage and occupant injury are more likely to be severe; however, the severity varies based on the speeds and vehicle models involved in the collision.

In this case, as well, car damages and occupants injuries are severe, especially the one sitting on the impacted side.

Some insurance providers may charge higher premiums for cars that have been determined to be more susceptible to damage, theft, and driver / occupant injuries.