The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
replicated small front - overlap crashes with seven small SUVs that received good ratings after the front driver's side corner of the vehicle hit a barrier at 40 mph.
Not exact matches
The
small overlap test is designed to
replicate what happens when the
front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or object like a tree or utility pole.
Introduced in 2012, the
small overlap test
replicates what happens when the
front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or a utility pole.
The
small overlap test
replicates what happens when the
front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.
To earn TOP SAFETY PICK +, a vehicle must pass a series of crashworthiness evaluations, including the
small overlap
front test — a real - life scenario that
replicates what happens when the
front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object.
The Institute's 40 mph
small overlap
front test is designed to
replicate what happens when the
front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object.
Vehicles on the best choices list must also have a good rating for roof strength to protect in rollover crashes and a good or acceptable rating in the
small overlap test, which
replicates what happens when the
front, driver - side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.