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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]
However, some, such as the Chevrolet Cobalt, [65] 2007–09 model Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra, and 2009–12 Dodge Ram [66] do not feature the side-torso airbag. From around 2000, side-impact airbags became commonplace on even low- to mid-range vehicles, such as the smaller-engined versions of the Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 206, and curtain ...
An occupant on the struck side of a vehicle may sustain far more severe injuries than an otherwise similar front or rear collision crash. 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 ...
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 ...
The 2010 model year brought the addition of front seat combination head and torso airbags to improve passenger safety in a side-impact collision [30] and earned "good" rating through the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's side impact test. Also, electronic stability control was added for the 2010 models as standard equipment.
a vehicle tow-away or an air bag deployment, regardless of whether that is the vehicle equipped with the ADS or L2 ADAS involves a vulnerable road user (anyone who is not an occupant of a motor vehicle with more than three wheels: typically pedestrians, wheelchair users, motorcyclists, or bicyclists), regardless of that vulnerable road user's ...
2009: Crown [59] added a front-side millimeter-wave radar to detect potential side collisions primarily at intersections or when another vehicle crosses the center line. The latest version tilts the rear seat upward, placing the passenger in a more ideal crash position if it detects a front or rear impact.
The Ford will sail for home “in the coming days,” the U.S. 6th Fleet, the European-based U.S. naval command that's responsible for ships sailing in the Mediterranean, said in a statement.