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The first standardized, 35 mph front crash test was May 21, 1979, and the first results were released October 15 that year. The agency established a frontal impact test protocol based on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 (“Occupant Crash Protection”), except that the frontal 4 NCAP test is conducted at 56 km/h (35 mph), rather than ...
Programs such as the Used Car Safety Ratings provide consumers information on the safety performance of vehicles based on real world crash data. In 2020, EuroNCAP introduces a mobile progressive deformable barrier (MPDB) test first experimented on the Toyota Yaris.
In the world, there are nine New Car Assessment Programs. [2] Eight out of the nine test programs makes their vehicle safety ratings with a count of stars included in the range (1 to 5 stars). One test program, IIHS, makes a four level rating: Good, Acceptable, Marginal and Poor. [3]
The 2023 Cadillac XT6 shown here scored a "poor" rating, the worst of eight mid-size luxury SUVs in a new crash study of back seat passenger safety released Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 by the ...
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 first is a side-barrier test, in which a sled that acts as a car is rammed into the driver's side of the Model Y at 38.5 miles per hour. This simulates a T-bone collision. Here you can see ...
Global NCAP logo, 2017 revision. Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) is a project of the Towards Zero Foundation, a UK-registered charity. The programme serves as an umbrella organisation encouraging co-operation between the various New Car Assessment Programmes around the world, [1] and a consumer test for vehicle safety in markets that are weakly regulated or do not yet have ...
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI) is an American nonprofit organization.It was established in 1959, and it is noted for its safety reviews of vehicles in various simulated traffic situations, including the effectiveness of a vehicle's structural integrity and safety systems during a collision, in addition to examining improvement on such ...