2014 Chevrolet Malibu small overlap IIHS crash test
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of 11 minibuses IIHS tests, found wanting in crash test small overlap.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test and its difficult small overlap passed a judgment, one vehicle test nearly a dozen minibuses scored an acceptable rating on the ultra-resistant test, which was established in August 2012.
The Chevrolet Spark is the only car in 11 to net an acceptable rating in the small overlap test and the only one to be named 2014 Top Safety Pick The IIHS four rating levels - poor, marginal, acceptable and good.
Small, light vehicles have an intrinsically safe disadvantage which is why it is even more important to choose one with the best occupant protection, said Joe Nolan, Senior IIHS Vice President for Research Vehicle Unfortunately, as group, minibuses Are not perform as well as other categories of vehicles in the small overlap crash.
Scroll down for the official press release from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Minibuses do not respond to small frontal protection cover.
ARLINGTON, Va - Only 1 minicar 11 tested achieved an acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for small overlap crash test before road safety, making those little less efficient vehicles group evaluated all up present.
The Chevrolet Spark acceptable rating in the test, as well as good grades in four other resistance ratings impact of the Institute, the new minicar earns a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK Price The spark was among the initial winners announced in December the new results of the small overlap test for the rest of the minicar group means that no other model in this size category join the spark in the winner's circle again.
Introduced in 2012, the small overlap test simulates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or pole of the utility of the test , 25 percent of a vehicle front end on the side of the driver strikes a rigid barrier at 40 mph.
The test is more difficult than accidents of the head of government-led or long moderate overlap IIHS test time because most of the end crush zone before the vehicle is bypassed This makes it difficult for the vehicle to manage the crash energy, and the occupant compartment may collapse as a result However, in many size categories, manufacturers have found ways to improve vehicle structures to meet this challenge.
Small vehicles, light has an intrinsic safety disadvantage that's why it's even more important to choose one with the best occupant protection, says Joe Nolan, senior vice president of IIHS for searching vehicles Unfortunately, as a group, minibuses run aren t as well as other categories of vehicles in the small overlap crash.
Unlike performance minicar group, most of the models in the small car category, which are slightly larger, did much better in the Test There are five good evaluations and five acceptable scores among the 17 small cars that been assessed so far.
Looking at the feedback components that make up the overall scores, all the minibus, including the Spark, marginal or poor rate structure, the most fundamental element of occupant protection when doesn t hold a structure high vehicle, the risk of injury is high grouping structures can hit front airbags and seats on the position, exacerbating the problem.
All vehicles except Spark and the Mazda 2 also earn low scores on the constraints and kinematics Seven of the 11 were downgraded to allow the occupying too much forward movement in the crash in these cases, either the seatbelt didn t do a pretty good job holding the dummy in place, or the head of the dummy missed or slipped out of the front airbag side curtain airbag, which has an important role to play in small frontal overlap collisions, provided that the front cover insufficient in eight of mini cars and do not have to deploy all in the Toyota Yaris in many models, moved sideways steering column and three cars tilted seat.
The two worst results are the Honda Fit and Fiat 500 In both cases, the structure intruders seriously compromise the space of the driver and the steering column was pushed towards the driver in the case of adjustment, the head the only contacted the dummy's front air bag before sliding off and hitting the dashboard When testing the 500, the driver door open after hinges tore open door creates a risk that the driver could be partially or completely ejected.
Measures of injury on the left of mannequin legs are marginal or poor for many models In most cases, potential injuries involved the leg, but the Fit, 500 and Hyundai Accent have been revised downwards for the left thigh or injury the Fit hip and 500 were the only vehicles to save the high risk of injury to the right leg too.
Despite its marginal structure, the Spark gets an acceptable overall score, because the movement of the manikin has been fairly well controlled and measures of injury were low Spark is the only vehicle with good measures of injury to all parts of the body including leg and foot, usually a problematic area in the small overlap test This may be related to the fact that the structure around the lower part of the occupant compartment held up better than other small cars, despite the intrusion at the top.
Consumers should remember that Spark while offering a lower protective cover other minicars, weighs less than 2500 pounds and did not protect as well as a vehicle larger and heavier with the results of crash tests comparable rating Front t can be compared across weight classes.
Moreover, neither the spark nor the other mini cars test group offer accident prevention front, an increasingly common security feature that can prevent or mitigate certain frontal collisions In 2014, vehicles must be available with preventing accidents before to qualify for the highest price of the security IIHS TOP sAFETY PICK.
News Source Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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