Sentences with phrase «side crash compared»

Not exact matches

Side, roof strength, front crash prevention, headlights and LATCH ratings can be compared across vehicle categories.

«Many manufacturers haven't paid as much attention to occupant protection in rear crashes, compared with front and side crashes,» Lund points out.

A Chrysler Corp. minivan has achieved the best scores ever recorded for a van in the federal government's 13 - year - old crash test program, thanks in part to its driver's side air bag.The scores, recorded from instrumented test dummies aboard a Dodge Caravan run headlong into a concrete wall, also were better than those of most passenger cars.The 35 - mph test provides a basis for comparing vehicles, although critics point out that it indicates little about a vehicle's ability to protect passengers if it is struck in the side or rear.

The purpose of this study was to compare injury responses and kinematics for these two dummies in side impact crash tests.

The fact that the CR - Z scored so poorly in the latest crash tests (only 3 stars over all and only 2 stars for the side passenger) along with its poor rear visibility would be a deal breaker for me (This car has really very little going for it is slow and underpowered and poor handling (yes it handles well when compared to a Prius — but that really isn't saying much).

The Overall Vehicle Score combines the results of a frontal crash test, side crash tests and rollover resistance tests and compares those results to the average risk of injury and potential for vehicle rollover of other vehicles to give vehicles an indexed single score that consumers can use for comparison when vehicle shopping.