Honda Civic prior Aces recent IIHS Crash Test
elm 327 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rated small cars in its latest round of crash test, and half of the 12 models tested were named Top Safety Pick vehicles More. The highest rating of Good was obtained by the Honda Civic sedan and coupe 2013. The second highest Acceptable went to the 2014 Scion tC 2013 2013 Hyundai Elantra and Ford Focus 2013 Dodge Dart.
The IIHS put small cars through its small crash test latest frontal thrust, which is designed to see how a vehicle performs when the front corner of the vehicle hits an object. The crash test simulates a vehicle hitting a tree or pole, sending it to a solid barrier at 40 mph. In the test of moderate overlapping frontal collision, the vehicle is also moving at 40 mph, but to a barrier that is not completely rigid. In moderate overlap before test, part of the deformation zone is engaged, while in the small overlap test, the deformation zone is mostly avoided.
"Almost every new car performs well in other frontal crash tests conducted by the Institute and the federal government, but we still see more than 10,000 deaths in frontal crashes each year," said Institute President Adrian Lund last year when IIHS introduced the new small overlap test. "small collection Accidents are an important source of these deaths." According to the study of vehicles with good estimates of the accident before the IIHS 2009 these kinds of accidents account for nearly 25 percent of those accidents where the front seat died or were seriously injured. Small cars that earned the lowest rating of marginal second in the small overlap frontal crash test include 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic and Volkswagen Beetle. 2014 Kia Forte 2013 Kia Soul 2013 Nissan Sentra received the lowest rating of poor.
X431Diagun David Zuby, IIHS research director, said in a statement, "Small cars with marginal notes or poor have some of the same structural problems and restraint systems other models we've tested. In the worst case, safety cages collapsed, airbags driver moved laterally with columns of unstable leadership and the dummy's head hit the dashboard. curtain airbags will not inflate or did not provide enough coverage before making a difference. All this adds to the marginal or poor protection in a small accident overlap. "IIHS said the Kia Forte" was the worst performer for the constraints and structure of all small cars evaluated. Too soft belt and a side curtain airbag that has been deployed, but did not provide sufficient coverage before hosting the dummy's head hit the pillar windshield and dashboard. "
The Los Angeles Times, "Kia said that all vehicles it sells in the U.S. competition or exceed federal safety standards for motor vehicles." To date, the IIHS evaluated affordable and high midsize cars range, as well as compact and affordable SUV in its recent frontal crash test small overlap. The IIHS says minicars will be tested next and crash test results will be announced later this year. A vehicle is named Top Safety Pick Moreover, if he wins the highest score good in testing before moderate overlap, side, rear and rollover, and generates either a good or acceptable score in the small test frontal thrust. A total of 25 vehicles have earned Top Safety Pick highest price so far away.
V-checker V301 Bloomberg Businessweek says that these tests are important for car buyers in the market. "The test of the 2014 model year cars may influence consumer purchases of vehicles that manufacturers of the most efficient use of the results of marketing campaigns cars." Among the recent small group test of the car, IIHS Top Safety Pick awards were presented to the Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic, Kia Forte sedan Kia Soul, Nissan Sentra and Volkswagen Beetle. To earn a Top Safety Pick, vehicles must get the highest score of Good side, rollover, and rear tests before moderate overlap.