When it comes to passenger safety in the popular midsize car segment, the Honda Accord rules supreme in the latest IIHS crash tests.
“In most of the midsize cars we tested, the rear dummy slid forward, or ‘submarined,’ beneath the lap belt, causing it to ride up from the pelvis onto the abdomen and increasing the risk of internal injuries,” IIHS President David Harkey said in the report. “In the three poor-rated vehicles, measurements taken from the rear dummy also indicated likely injuries to the head or neck as well as to the chest.
The new data from the IIHS comes as the safety organization launched a new crash examination called the “moderate overall front.” That measures the impact when the front corners of two vehicles driving in opposite directions collide at 40 mph. The IIHS found that in those conditions in newer vehicles, the risk of a fatal injury is now higher for rear-seat passengers wearing seatbelts than for those in front. Furthermore the IIHS now uses athe size of a small woman or a 12-year-old child in the rear seats, which more accurately represents the average profile of passengers.
The IIHS said in order to get a good rating, there can’t be an excessive risk of injury to the head, neck, chest, or thigh, as recorded by the second-row dummy, and it should be “correctly positioned” during the crash without submarining. In the , IIHS data showed “no heightened risk of injuries, and the rear restraints did a good job controlling the dummy’s motion.”
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