Sentences with phrase «pole test simulates»

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NHTSA gave the Fusion Energi a five - star rating in side crash testing after performing both barrier and pole tests (simulating being T - boned and hitting a pole or tree, respectively).

The test simulates a front - corner collision with a tree, a pole or another vehicle, a scenario that is responsible for almost 25 % of front crashes that seriously injure or kill someone in front, IIHS says.

Since it was not eligible for five stars, the GS was not subjected to a pole test, in which cars are propelled sideways into a post to simulate a collision with a power pole.

The TSP + rating also requires that a vehicle earn an Acceptable or Good rating on the IIHS» small frontal overlap test which simulates hitting a utility pole with the front corner of the car.

In this segment, most (not all) of the vehicles perform very well on all crash tests, including the small frontal overlap test which simulates the vehicle striking a pole with just the front corner of the car.

The IIHS added the small - overlap front test to its battery of vehicle evaluations last year to simulate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object like a tree or a utility pole.

The small overlap crash test simulates what happens when a vehicle strays over the center line and hits the oncoming vehicle in the corner or the corner, or the vehicle hits a tree or a pole.