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.
Not exact matches
While great progress has been achieved in recent years in preventing child
occupant deaths and
injuries, and increasing the correct use of child safety
seats, booster
seats and safety belts — thanks in no small measure to the tireless dedication of NHTSA and its many partners in the child passenger safety community — more work needs to be done to protect child
occupants who remain at heightened risk.»
IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THIS CONDITION COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF
INJURY TO
OCCUPANTS IN THE FRONT
SEAT.
AS A RESULT, THE
SEAT BELT MAY NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE
OCCUPANT DURING CERTAIN CRASH CONDITIONS, WHICH CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF
INJURY.
IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE
SEAT AND
SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE
OCCUPANT AS INTENDED AND COULD RESULT IN
INJURY TO THE
OCCUPANT.
Failure of the side impact air bags and
seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of
injury to the driver and front
seat occupant.
If the electronic control module fails, the
seat heater could get hot enough that areas of the
seat may overheat and smolder, increasing the risk of
injury to the
seat occupant.
Loose fasteners may allow the
seats to move, increasing the risk of an
injury to the
seat occupants in a crash.
Research has found that lap / shoulder
seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal
injury to front -
seat passenger car
occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate - to - critical
injury by 50 percent.
Air bags, head curtain side - impact, front and rear outboard
seating positions (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Air bags, dual - stage frontal, and thorax side - impact, driver and front passenger, and head curtain side - impact, front and rear outboard
seating positions, includes Passenger Sensing System (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Air bags, dual - stage frontal, and thorax side - impact, driver and front passenger, and head curtain side - impact, front and rear outboard
seating positions includes Passenger Sensing System (Head Curtain Side Air Bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Air bags, head curtain side - impact, first and second row outboard
seating positions with rollover sensor (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and outboard rear
seat outboard
occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Conequence: If the
seat frame is not welded in the correct places, the
seat may not perform as intended, and in the event of a crash, the
seat occupant could be at an increased risk of
injury.
This is because small differences in
occupants» heights or in their
seating positions compared with the test dummies could result in a hard contact and high risk of serious head
injury.
Conequence: If the
seat - frame attachment hooks are not secured properly, the
seat may not be adequately anchored to the vehicle, and in the event of a crash, the
seat occupant could be at an increased risk of an
injury.
Concern: If the
seat belt anchor bolt can not be properly secured into the anchor plate, this could place vehicle
occupants at an increased risk of
injury during a motor vehicle crash.
In the rear
seat, the potential for serious
injury is influenced by whether the
seating position puts
occupants» heads in proximity to areas designed with padding or something else to reduce impact forces versus areas with hard or unprotected structures.
Conequence: CONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE
SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY MAY FAIL, EXPOSING THE RESTRAINED
OCCUPANTS TO A GREATER RISK OF
INJURY.
Conequence: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE
SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF
INJURY.
Concern: If the frontal air bags,
seat belt pre-tensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of
injury to the vehicle
occupants in the event of a motor vehicle crash that necessitates use of the passive restraint system.
Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash, necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger
seat occupant or other
occupants possibly causing serious
injury or death.
A vehicle's overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion into the
occupant compartment,
injury measures recorded on a Hybrid III dummy in the driver
seat, and analysis of slow - motion film to assess how well the restraint system controlled dummy movement during the test.
Air bags, head curtain side - impact, first and second row outboard
seating positions with rollover sensor, includes third row
seating positions with (AS3) passenger third row bench
seat (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Conequence: If the
seat belt linkage detaches from the
seat belt anchorage, it can not properly restrain the
occupant in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of
injury.
Air bags frontal dual stage and side thorax for driver and front passenger head curtain for 1st and outboard 2nd row passengers (Head curtain air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Active Head Restraints help reduce the chances of whiplash
injuries to front -
seat occupants by moving up and forward during certain rear - end collisions.
Occupant protection consists of 10 airbags, the suite of electronic stability aids, and front
seats designed to reduce the severity of whiplash - related
injuries.
The Avalon's high - strength body works to disperse crash energy away from the
occupants, while the Whiplash -
Injury - Lessening
seats have been engineered to yield in a controlled manner in order to reduce the risk of a neck
injury in the event of a collision.
Yet, Janhavi survived with bruises while the driver and front passenger in the cab lost their lives and the rear
seat occupants were subjected to serious
injuries.
Tests indicated that the
seats and head restraints provided good protection against whiplash
injuries to the
occupants of the front and rear
seats.
In a 2009 Institute study of vehicles with good ratings for frontal crash protection, small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal
injury to front
seat occupants.
Such deployments not only are unnecessary in low - speed crashes but also may cause
injuries to front -
seat occupants positioned too close to the airbags.
Concern: If the front passenger
seat belt can not be latched, an
occupant sitting in the front passenger
seat has an increased risk of
injury in the event of a motor vehicle crash.
Conequence: Failure of the side impact air bags and
seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of
injury to the driver and front
seat occupant.
The front
seats and head restraints demonstrated good protection against whiplash
injury in the event of a rear - end collision and a geometric assessment of the rear
seats also indicated protection for those
occupants.
Air bags, dual - stage frontal and side - impact, driver and right - front passenger and head curtain side - impact, front and rear outboard
seating positions with Passenger Sensing System (front passenger airbag status indicated on the inside rearview mirror)(Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and outboard rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Air bags dual - stage frontal and side - impact driver and right - front passenger head curtain side - impact front and rear outboard
seating positions and rear
seat mounted thorax (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat outboard
occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Most of the serious
injuries and deaths involved
occupants who were not properly belted into their
seats or were sitting on the floor in the rear cargo area, Chrysler said.
These vehicles are rated separately, except that the structure ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear passenger dummy
injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made affecting structure or rear
seat occupants.
In a release issued yesterday the institute said results from 2009 testing showed that small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal
injury to front
seat occupants in vehicles that otherwise had good rating for frontal crash protection.
Pretensioners tighten the
seat belt to keep the
occupant in place while constant force retractors balance the load on the upper body reducing
injuries from excessive
seat belt forces.
The manufacturers supplied information on basic vehicle and test parameters, measurements of intrusion into the
occupant compartment,
injury data recorded on a dummy representing an average - size man in the driver
seat, and video of the tests.
WASHINGTON — Front -
seat occupants in the 1993 Buick Century and Pontiac Grand Am could suffer serious head
injuries in a 35 - mph frontal crash, the government says.
Front -
seat occupants in the 1993 Buick Century and Pontiac Grand Am could suffer serious head
injuries in a 35 - mph frontal crash, the government says.The Grand Am had a driver head -
injury score of 1,459 and a passenger score of 1,093 in crashes conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Conequence: THE DETACHED TRIM COVER COULD POSE A RISK OF PERSONAL
INJURY FOR VEHICLE FRONT
SEAT OCCUPANTS.
Options and Safety Features: Nicely equipped with Air bags, dual - stage frontal and side - impact, driver and front passenger and side curtain for first, second and third row outboard passengers with Passenger Sensing System and roll over protection (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck
injuries to front and rear
seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.
Should the pretensioner fail to deploy in the event of a collision,
injuries to the
seat occupant may be worsened.
In the 2017 Accord Hybrid, a revised side airbag design allows the side airbags to deploy in a manner that helps mitigate the risk of
injury to a smaller
seat occupant.
Comfortable, Supportive
Seating Ergonomic
seats with a supportive internal structure and comfort padding are roomy and accommodating, the front
seats are designed to help reduce the likelihood of neck
injuries in rear collisions and have pronounced lateral support to help secure the
occupant when cornering.