Sentences with phrase «vehicle occupant injuries»

The crash tests compare vehicles by their performance in front crashes into a fixed barrier at 35 mph; more than half of vehicle occupant injuries occur in such accidents.

NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program compares vehicles by their performance in frontal crashes at 35 mph because more than half of vehicle occupant injuries occur in such accidents.

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Riding unrestrained is the greatest risk factor for death and injury among child occupants of motor vehicles.

The Danger: In the event of a crash, the top tether anchorage may detach from the child restraint, posing a risk of injury to the child or other vehicle occupants and failing to conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stvehicle occupants and failing to conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety StVehicle Safety Standard.

«The vehicle overturned with the occupants and six of the doctors died along with the driver while six others survived with various degrees of injuries.

Other occupants of the vehicle, it was learnt, are still receiving treatments as a result of various injuries they sustained.

If either portion of the curtain shield air bag inflator ejects into the passenger cabin, there is an increased risk of injury to vehicle occupants.

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

In the event that the vehicle's lane - keep assist and lane - departure warning systems don't get the job done, the run - off protection system is designed to protect occupants from serious injury when the vehicle veers off of the road; if sensors detect a run - off taking place, the front safety belts will tighten for as long as the car is in motion to keep passengers safely in position.

IF A CRACK WERE TO FORM OR A SEAM WERE TO SEPARATE IN THE HEATER CORE END PIECE, HOT COOLANT COULD SUDDENLY BE EXPELLED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.

The problem could allow the vehicle to roll away as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of an injury.

IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE WHEELCHAIR MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY SECURED POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURIES TO A WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT.

PRE-SAFE integrates multiple active and passive safety features for a «safety net» approach to vehicle safety by attempting to prevent accidents; if accidents do occur, PRE-SAFE aims to reduce occupant injury.

These vehicles are rated separately, except that the structural ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear dummy injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made to the rear occupant compartment.

Conequence: If the console compartment door does not remain closed in a crash, the contents stored in the console may strike the vehicle occupants, increasing their risk of 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 event of a motor vehicle crash, this could place vehicle occupants at an increased risk of injury.

If an occupant is present in the vehicle, there is an increased risk of injury.

Front - to - rear collisions also result in many claims for minor injuries like whiplash and back sprains to the occupants of the struck vehicle, and all the systems reduced claims under bodily injury liability insurance.

These cars are rated separately, except that the structure ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear dummy injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made to the rear occupant compartment.

These systems also seem to reduce the frequency of bodily injury claims for other road users, but evidence is mixed for injury claims by the occupants of the insured vehicle.

Conequence: If the air bag door detaches during deployment, there is an increased the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.

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.

For Acura and Mercedes vehicles with auto brake, claim frequency for injuries to the insured vehicle's occupants tended to be lower as well, while results were the opposite for Volvo.

Automakers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to car occupant injuries, and a big part of this is to equip vehicles with side airbags.

The latest reports from HLDI on front crash prevention also document reductions in damage to equipped vehicles and injuries to their occupants.

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.

Auto manufacturers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to occupant injuries in struck cars (see Status Report special issue: vehicle incompatibility in crashes, April 28, 2005).

Concern: The components which have been improperly torqued could become separated, resulting in a loss of vehicle control and a dramatic increase in the risk of injury to vehicle occupants and bystanders.

The longer the front - end crush structure of a vehicle, the more gently occupants are slowed and thus protected from injury.

As a result, vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury in a crash.

«If a vehicle's front - end structure absorbs and manages the crash energy so the occupant compartment remains largely intact, with little or no intrusion into the driver's space, then the dummy's movement can be controlled, and injury measures are likely to be low.

Pre-Collision System developed; The system, which uses world - first technologies, predicts a frontal collision before it happens and helps reduce injury to vehicle occupants

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.

2015 Recall for certain model year 2005 - 2014 Mustang vehicles manufactured April 6, 2004, to June 21, 2014 whose driver airbag inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death

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.

Concern: Electrical short circuits could cause the frontal air bags, side curtain air bags, and / or safety belt pre-tensioners to fail when needed, increasing the risk of occupant injury in the event of a motor vehicle crash.

This condition could place the vehicle occupants at increased risk of injury from a motor vehicle crash.

Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

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 the event of a collision, the New 2019 Envision offers ten standard airbags † to help reduce the risk of injury to vehicle occupants during certain collisions.

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.

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.

This could increase the risk of a motor vehicle crash and possible injury to vehicle occupants.

• Post-Collision Braking: Helps reduce the impact of a potential secondary collision by automatically applying moderate brake pressure when an initial collision event is detected; slowing the vehicle can potentially lessen injury to occupants and damage to the vehicle

Impact speeds in these sorts of accidents can be high and the injuries sustained by the vehicle occupants can be severe.

Conequence: THE DETACHED TRIM COVER COULD POSE A RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY FOR VEHICLE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS.

If this happens, the corrosion can weaken the canister and the inflator could fracture without air bag deployment, propelling fragments into the passenger compartment, striking and causing serious injury to vehicle occupants.