Sentences with phrase «side impact crashes»

Side impact crashes often occur in intersections, where drivers must take great care to follow road regulations, respect others» right - of - way, and stay out of the path of oncoming vehicles.

«T - bone» or side impact crashes are particularly common at intersections, and they are among the most serious types of crashes, sometimes resulting in death because the sides of a car often have no extra protection or padding.

Most of the time, side impact crashes are caused by negligence.

Side impact crashes or T - Bone crashes are the second most common types of vehicle collisions in the United States.

They include a forward radar system and the segment's only front seat center - mounted air bag (models with bucket seats), which is engineered to provide additional protection to drivers and front passengers in far - side impact crashes, where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle.

Come October 2017, the offset and side impact crashes are going to be mandatory for all the car models.

These ratings do not apply to 2010 Elantra models manufactured after November 2009, because of design changes made to the side airbags and body side and rear door structure to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The MKZ earned perfect governmental crash test ratings for frontal and side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2005 models, changes were made to the front seats and to the front - seat mounted torso airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Nearly 10,000 vehicle occupants died in side impact crashes in 2003.

Further changes were made for models manufactured after February 2006 to strengthen the standard second row bucket seats for side impact crashes.

Also beginning with 2006 models manufactured after November 2005, the vehicle floor was reinforced to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

Occupants killed in side impact crashes had a high incidence of head and chest injuries; severe injuries to multiple body regions were common.

Beginning with 2013 models, structural and restraint modifications were made to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2006 models manufactured after December 2005, further changes including additional B - pillar reinforcements, a modified roof structure, side curtain airbag updates, and modified door trim panels were made to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

Front center airbag: designed to protect drivers and front passengers in far - side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2016 models built after October 2016, the B - pillars and roof rails were reinforced and deployment guides were added to the side curtain airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The Mazda CX - 9 has received the U.S. government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) highest possible ratings in frontal and side impact crashes - five stars.

Beginning with 2007 models built after March 2007, minor design changes were made to the side curtain airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The new Chevrolet Traverse has received the industry's first front center air bag that has been engineered to protect drivers and front passengers in far - side impact crashes.

- SIPS - Side Impact Protection System - a series of body reinforcements on the roof, lower sills, and B - pillar that are designed to protect occupants in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2006 models manufactured after June 2005, changes were made to the side torso airbags and front and rear door trim panels to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2013 models, design changes were made to the side curtain airbags and rear door trim panels to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The Mazda CX - 9 is one of the safest vehicles on the road, too, having recently received the highest possible ratings in frontal and side impact crashes by the governments» National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Safety CanopyTM, Ford's exclusive side impact protection system, featuring side curtain air bags that help protect front and rear outboard passengers in both rollovers and side impact crashes.

The Safety Canopy is designed to stay inflated for several seconds, as rollover crashes often last much longer than side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2008 models manufactured after February 2008, design changes were made to the front door trim panels to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

Beginning with 2012 models, Hyundai / Kia modified the side airbags and side structure in slightly different ways between the two vehicles to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Also new is the front seat center - mounted air bag; Cadillac calls it the first in the segment, and the idea is to provide more protection for drivers and front passengers in far - side impact crashes, where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle.

Beginning with 2012 models, design changes were made to the side curtain airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The car was reengineered and restyled during the 2005 model year so that 2005 models manufactured after October 2004 include structural changes to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that far side impact crashes account for 11 percent of fatalities among belted front passengers in non rollover incidents between 2004 and 2009.

Beginning with 2014 models, the side torso airbags were modified to improve the protection of drivers and front seat passengers in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2005 models manufactured after February 2005, changes were made to the vehicle side structure and to the optional side torso airbags to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

«Before head - protecting airbags were available there was virtually nothing to prevent people's heads from being struck by intruding vehicles or rigid objects like trees and poles in serious side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2008 models, changes were made to the front torso airbags and the front and rear door trim panels to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2011 models built after March 2011, the computer algorithm that calculates when to deploy the side airbags was optimized to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

This is the scenario in real - world side impact crashes where occupants» heads often are struck by the intruding hood of a striking SUV or pickup truck.

«These latest test results show that more and more manufacturers are improving their vehicles to better protect occupants in side impact crashes.»

Beginning with 2006 models manufactured after June 2006, design changes were made to the rear door structure and trim to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

Beginning with 2006 models, structural modifications were made to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes, and starting with 2008 models, side airbags were made standard.

Beginning with 2010 models, design changes were made to the door interior trim to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

The last thing hospitals need now is semi-dead people surviving side impact crashes thanks to their side airbags, filling up government hospitals and sucking up the governments money.

Beginning with 2014 models, the side curtain and side torso airbags as well as the front seat structure were modified to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Beginning with 2008 models, side airbags were made standard (they had been optional in 2001 - 07 models), and the rear door trim panels and rear seat belt mounting locations were modified to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

-- The Vitara Brezza is a compact SUV with Maruti Suzuki's DDiS 200 engine — It is available in 7 new variants and is certified for offset and side impact crashes — Deliveries for the Vitara Brezza will start from 25 March 2016 and has an excellent response in the market

As soon as the Institute began to publish its findings and recommendations, automakers began to redesign their vehicles to make them safer in side impact crashes.

It is engineered to provide additional restraint to drivers and front passengers in far - side impact crashes, where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle.

Almost 10,000 occupant deaths occur each year in side impact crashes, and head injuries cause more than half of these deaths.

Beginning with 2015 models, the seat - mounted side torso airbags and front door trim were modified to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.