The IIHS updates its tests as more automakers attain “Good” ratings. IIHS front overlap test results, mid-size SUV In recent years, car cabins have incorporated more rigid crumple zones so there is less deformation from a front crash in the passenger cabin. “Zeroing in on weaknesses in rear seat safety is an opportunity to make big gains in a short time, since solutions that are already proven to work in the front can successfully be adapted for the rear,” IIHS Senior Research Engineer Marcy Edwards said in a statement. The rear seat hasn’t become any more unsafe, but safety advances to front seat occupants have grown due to airbags, restraint technologies, and other areas of focus that the IIHS wants to see applied to the rear seats. Since model year 2007 onward, however, the IIHS found that fatal injury is 46% higher for belted occupants in the rear seat than those in the front seat. Historically, rear-seat occupants were cushioned from front crashes by the front seats and the front crumple zone. “But only a handful extend that level of safety to the back seat.”Ģ022 Tesla Model Y, IIHS front overlap test results 2022 Tesla Model Y, IIHS front overlap test results 2022 Honda Pilot, IIHS front overlap test 2022 Honda Pilot, IIHS front overlap test “All these vehicles provide excellent protection for the driver,” IIHS President David Harkey said in a statement. The new test uses a dummy sized like a small woman or 12-year-old child positioned in the seat behind the driver, where protection has lagged recently. The update to the IIHS’ oldest test, first launched in 1995, was introduced last year to extend passenger protection to rear occupants. The Honda Pilot, Hyundai Palisade, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Wrangler four-door, Mazda CX-9, and Nissan Murano scored “Poor” ratings. The Chevy Traverse, Toyota Highlander, and Volkswagen Atlas earned “Marginal” ratings in the moderate front overlap test that simulates a head-on collision of two vehicles of similar weight traveling at just under 40 mph. Those vehicles were the Ford Explorer, Ford Mustang Mach-E, Subaru Ascent, and Tesla Model Y. Only four of the 13 mid-size and three-row crossover SUVs tested by the IIHS earned top “Good” results in an updated test. ( The Car Connection) - Many mid-size crossover SUVs do not protect rear passengers as well as front occupants in crashes, according to the latest crash-test results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released Tuesday.
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