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2. Anti-intrusion bar - Wikipedia

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   An anti-intrusion bar or beam is a passive safety device, installed in most cars and other ground vehicles, which must protect passengers from side impacts. [1] Side impacts are particularly dangerous for two reasons: a) the location of impact is very close to the passenger, who can be immediately reached by the impacting vehicle; b) in many side-impact accidents, the impacting vehicle may be ...

3. Side Impact Protection System - Wikipedia

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   Ford marketed its system as SPACE (Side Protection and Cabin Enhancement) Architecture, incorporating at floor level a bolt-in hydroformed cross-car steel beam between the B-pillars directly below an identical reinforced cross-roof beam above the B-pillars [29] [30] to channel impact forces around rather than through the passenger cabin. [31]

4. Mitsubishi RISE - Wikipedia

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   The 2007 Delica D:5 is built around Mitsubishi's next-generation RISE unibody design (GS platform).It employs a "rib bone frame" design that uses closed-section joins to link the pillars, roof bows and underfloor cross members in hoops at the pillars and the rear door opening to realize significant improvements in body rigidity and durability as well as to provide better crashworthiness.

5. Impact attenuator - Wikipedia

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   A crash cushion installed on a motorway exit in Italy. An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Impact attenuators are designed to absorb the colliding vehicle's kinetic energy.

6. New IIHS Side-Impact Crash Test Shows Troubling Sedan ... - AOL

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   In late 2021, IIHS used its new side-impact crash test on a batch of 20 small SUVs.Of those tested, only one, the Mazda CX-5, scored a Good rating. The seven sedans and wagons tested with the new ...

7. Crumple zone - Wikipedia

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   A crash test illustrates how a crumple zone absorbs energy from an impact. Road Maintenance Truck Impact Attenuator, Auckland, New Zealand Extent of the crumple zones (blue) and the driver's safety cell (red) of an E217 series train The crumple zone on the front of these cars absorbed the impact of an offset head-on collision.

8. Side collision - Wikipedia

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   Side-impact airbags can protect vehicle occupants during side collisions, but they face the same limitations as other airbags. Additionally, side impact wrecks are more likely to involve multiple individual collisions or sudden speed changes before motion ceases.

9. Bumper (car) - Wikipedia

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   These specify that a car's safety systems must still function normally after a straight-on pendulum or moving-barrier impact of 4 km/h (2.5 mph) to the front and the rear, and to the front and rear corners of 2.5 km/h (1.6 mph) at 45.5 cm (18 in) above the ground with the vehicle loaded or unloaded.