Not exact matches
A new round of crash tests shows
passengers in the front seat of some SUVs involved in serious collisions may not get the
same level of
protection as drivers.
The ratings bring to 16 the number of small SUVs the Institute has evaluated in the
passenger - side small overlap front test, which was introduced in 2017 to encourage manufacturers to offer the
same level of
protection for front - seat
passengers as drivers in this type of crash.
And those third - row
passengers do at least get the
same roof - rail - mounted airbag
protection as the second - row folk.
The 1996 Ford Mustang and Crown Victoria are different types of cars, but they received the
same top score in the latest round of crash tests by the federal government.The sporty Mustang convertible and the big Crown Victoria sedan both received the highest ranking for driver and
passenger protection - five stars - in the crashes run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.NHTSA also reported results for the 1996 Pontiac Grand Am sedan, the Land Rover Discovery sport - utility, the Mercury Villager minivan, the Dodge Ram B250 full - sized van, the new Honda Civic sedan and the Mazda Miata convertible.
Vehicles that provide good
protection for drivers in small overlap crashes don't always offer the
same protection to front - seat
passengers, a new IIHS study shows.
Without the
same types of
protection passengers and drivers enjoy, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that an estimated 5,376 pedestrians died in car crashes in 2015 alone, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that another 129,000 or so received emergency care for the injuries sustained in the crash.
The main reason for this is that a motorcycle rider does not have the
same protection as drivers and
passengers in other kinds of vehicles.
Your
passengers get the
same protection.