Sentences with phrase «side crashworthiness evaluation»
The three factors evaluated in the Institute's side impact test — driver and passenger injury measures, head protection, and structural performance — determine each vehicle's overall side crashworthiness evaluation.
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Like the outgoing model, the new Pilot has good ratings in IIH's four other crashworthiness evaluations — moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
The Subaru Forester is the only one of the 12 small SUVs to earn a good rating in not only the side impact crashworthiness evaluation but also the Institute's frontal offset crash test.
The F - 150 crew cab, which Ford calls the SuperCrew, earns good ratings for occupant protection in all five IIHS crashworthiness evaluations — small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluations.
Side tests were added in 2003 and rear tests in 2004 (see «New 1996 Taurus tops competition in crashworthiness evaluation,» Dec. 2, 1995, Status Report special issue: side impact crashworthiness, June 28, 2003, and Status Report special issue: protection against neck injury in rear crashes, Nov. 20, 20Side tests were added in 2003 and rear tests in 2004 (see «New 1996 Taurus tops competition in crashworthiness evaluation,» Dec. 2, 1995, Status Report special issue: side impact crashworthiness, June 28, 2003, and Status Report special issue: protection against neck injury in rear crashes, Nov. 20, 20side impact crashworthiness, June 28, 2003, and Status Report special issue: protection against neck injury in rear crashes, Nov. 20, 2004).
To qualify for Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick +, a vehicle must earn good ratings in all five crashworthiness evaluations — small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
In its crashworthiness program, the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluations.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Crashworthiness evaluations for seven new or redesigned midsize car models reflect performance in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's front, side, and rear impact tests.
The designation goes to models that achieve a good or acceptable rating in the challenging small overlap front test — introduced in 2012 — and a good rating in each of the Institute's four other crashworthiness evaluations — moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
This time, models must earn the highest safety score in every crashworthiness evaluation, including small overlap front, moderate overlap front, head restraints and seats, side, and roof strength.