The MKZ got the maximum «Good» rating for moderate
overlap front impact, side crash, roof strength and head restraints & seats.
Pre-2015 CR - Vs got a «Marginal» rating for the small
overlap front impact.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded it the maximum «Good» rating for moderate
overlap front impact, side impact, roof strength as well as head restraints & seats.
The Edge got an «Acceptable» rating in the small
overlap front impact and a minimum «Basic» rating for crash avoidance and mitigation.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the small SUV top «Good» ratings for all aspects except the small
overlap front impact, which was rated as «Acceptable».
The IIHS crash tested the Rio sedan and only gave it a «Marginal» rating for the small
overlap front impact and an «Acceptable» rating for the side impact.
The Rio got the top «Good» rating for moderate
overlap front impact, roof strength, and head restraints & seats.
The midsize SUVs received the maximum «Good» rating in all categories minus the passenger - side small
overlap front impact («Acceptable») and the ease of use of the child seat anchors («Acceptable»).
The Kia Soul's score was identical with the Forte sedan, with maximum ratings in all categories except the passenger - side small
overlap front impact («Acceptable») and ease of use of the child seat anchors («Acceptable»).
EuroNCAP crash tested it in 2014 and gave it five stars overall and the «Best in Class» label, while IIHS gave it «Good» ratings for moderate
overlap front impact and side impact, as well as a «Superior» rating for front crash prevention.
IIHS has given it «Good» scores for moderate
overlap front impact, side impact, roof strength, as well as head restraints and seats.
In tests done by the IIHS, the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee received the highest scores for moderate -
overlap front impact, side impact, roof strength, and head restraints and seats.
Not exact matches
And when it came to the side
impact and
front moderate
overlap crash tests, all three models earned the top evaluation of «good.»
The Q7 scored «Good» in all five of the IIHS tests — small -
overlap front, moderate -
overlap front, side -
impact, roof strength, head restraints and seats — and Superior in a test of its active - safety features.
All three cars earned a Good rating in the moderate
front overlap and side
impact tests.
The three cars earned the required good scores in all five crashworthiness tests, including moderate
overlap front, small
overlap front, side
impact, roof strength and head restraints and seats.
You can see the video of the small
overlap front test below and watch as the 5 Series simply deflects the damage outward and pushes the car away from the
impact, lessening the blow to the passengers.
In order to earn a 2016 Top Safety Pick award, a vehicle is required to earn no less than five good ratings in moderate
overlap front, small
overlap front, side
impact, roof strength, and head restraints, along with a basic rating for
front crash prevention.
The Challenger doesn't perform well in small
overlap crash testing, scoring «Marginal» results from the IIHS, but scored best results of Good for the moderate
front overlap and side
impact test.
The CR - V was rated «Good» - the highest score available from the IIHS - in side
impact testing, roof strength testing, and moderate
overlap front crash testing, making it a Top Safety Pick from the organization for the 2012 and 2013 model years.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the Corolla its top rating of Good in the moderate -
overlap front -
impact, side -
impact, roof strength and head restraint (whiplash protection) tests.
While the 2017 model's crash results haven't been released yet, the IIHS» evaluation of the 2016 model last year was 4 - out - of - 5 stars, based on «Good» scores in all categories except Small
Overlap Front («Poor») and Side
Impact («Acceptable»).
IIHS rates vehicles based on their performance in moderate
overlap front crash, small
overlap frontal crash, side
impact and rollover, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints.
In the small -
overlap front -
impact test, however, the Corolla received a Marginal score, the institute's second - lowest.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the 2017 Lancer its top score of Good in moderate -
overlap front -
impact, side -
impact, roof strength, and head restraint tests.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) lists the Ford Explorer as good for the moderate
front overlap, side
impact and roof strength, but it gets a marginal rating for the tougher small
front overlap test.
The IIHS has designated the 2017 Toyota Camry as a Top Safety Pick due to its stellar performance in every crash test available (including small and moderate
front overlap, side
impact, and roof strength).
The Lincoln MKC is only rated for the moderate
front overlap and side
impact tests (both good); it, too, gets a basic rating for crash prevention.
To qualify for TSP +, the IIHS testing parameters require a vehicle earn «Good» ratings in six crashworthiness tests — driver - side small
overlap front, moderate
overlap front, side
impact, roof strength, and head restraint.
IIHS rates vehicles in a moderate
overlap front crash, small
overlap front crash, side
impact and rollover test, and evaluates seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear
impact collisions.
To gauge the
impact in the marketplace of the small
overlap front crash test program launched last year, IIHS researchers surveyed 206 Volvo dealerships following the August 2012 release of the first small
overlap test results.
The Toyota Camry received a Top Safety Pick + rating from the IIHS with Good - rated crashworthiness all around, including for small
front overlap and side
impacts.
To be eligible for the 2018 Top Safety Pick + award a vehicle has to receive a good rating in the driver's small
overlap front, moderate
overlap front, side
impact, roof strength and head restraints, in addition to good - rated headlights and a good or acceptable rating for passenger - side protection.
The Journey received four - of - five stars in government crash testing and scored the highest score of Good in moderate -
overlap front -
impact, roof strength, side -
impact, and head restraint tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
To qualify for TSP +, the IIHS testing parameters require each vehicle to earn «good» ratings in five crashworthiness tests — small
overlap front, moderate
overlap front, side
impact, roof strength and head restraints — as well as an «advanced» or «superior» rating for
front crash prevention.
Also, while the IIHS gave it best possible scores in most evaluations, it earned a Poor rating in tests for small
front overlap impact.
Instead of a car hitting a stationary object with 100 percent of its
front making contact, the small -
overlap test examines how a car behaves in a frontal
impact at 40 mph where only a quarter of the car's
front hits an object.
The IIHS scored the Tundra «Good» in
front moderate
overlap and side
impact testing.
The F - 150 scored the top IIHS rating («Good») in
front small
overlap,
front moderate
overlap, and side
impacts.
Moderate
overlap front crash test rating: good Small
overlap front crash test rating: acceptable Side
impact crash test rating: good Roof strength test rating: good
The death rate for Kia's smallest model is 102, a reflection of the car's marginal small
overlap front rating and an acceptable side
impact rating (as opposed to good, which the previous three cars achieved).
Moderate
overlap front crash test rating: good Small
overlap front crash test rating: good Side
impact crash test rating: good Roof strength test rating: good
Moderate
overlap front crash test rating: good Small
overlap front crash test rating: good Side
impact crash test rating: good Roof strength test rating: acceptable
When the RC lineup debuted last year it earned the top rating of «Good» from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in its small -
overlap and moderate -
overlap frontal -
impact tests; it also scored the top rating of «Good» in side -
impact, rollover performance and whiplash protection from its
front seats.
The all - electric hatch passed all five crashworthiness tests with flying colors, achieving «good» ratings for the small
overlap front, moderate
overlap front, and side
impacts, as well as roof strength and head restraints.
In testing of last year's Pathfinder, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the Pathfinder the highest possible rating of Good in the small - and moderate -
overlap front -
impact tests as well as a Good score for the side -
impact, roof strength and head restraint (whiplash protection) tests.
For example, small
overlap impacts, where the
front corner of the vehicle collides with a solid object.
The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave the 2016 A3 sedan (we expect the essentially identical 2017 model to perform similarly) the highest possible rating of Good in its small -
overlap front -
impact, moderate -
overlap front -
impact, side -
impact and roof - strength crash tests.
The Institute introduced the Plus award in 2012 to recognize models that achieve «good» or «acceptable» performance in the small -
overlap test as well as «good» ratings in each of four other criteria — moderate
overlap front crash, side
impact and rollover tests, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear
impacts.
The image above shows the difference between the older moderate
front impact and small frontal
overlap tests.