| Which cars are the safest cars in the United States, | | | | - left and right leg/foot injury measures |
| you may wonder. Is it BMW, Ford, Chevy? As far as | | | | - restraints/dummy kinematics |
| car security matters, only eight of the 2004 model | | | | - ratings of "good" for head restraint design and the |
| cars on the market have earned perfect scores in | | | | performance of bumpers in low-speed auto crash |
| crash tests conducted by the U.S. Department of | | | | tests. |
| Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety | | | | Side impact auto crash tests were also conducted for |
| Administration (NHTSA) or the Insurance Institute for | | | | all vehicle brands but no car received perfect marks in |
| Highway Safety (IIHS). | | | | those tests. |
| Here are the criterias: To pass the auto security test, | | | | According to automotive experts, vehicle crash testing |
| the vehicle had to get perfect marks in all of the | | | | is still the best and most objective method for |
| following categories: | | | | determining which cars are truly the safest. And this |
| - five-star ratings--the highest available--in NHTSA's | | | | does not necessarely mean vehicles equipped with |
| frontal and side vehicle crash tests | | | | most advanced technology. The difference between a |
| - five-star rollover resistance ratingsor | | | | good auto crash test rating and a bad one is |
| - ratings of "good," (highest available), which includes an | | | | significant: |
| overall rating,plus individual ratings in the following | | | | - A five-star rating means a chance of serious injury |
| categories: | | | | of 10% or less in a car crash at 35 mph>/li> |
| - The frontal offset crash test structure/safety cage | | | | - a one-star rating means a chance of 46% or more. |
| - head/neck injury measures | | | | The list might amaze you. |
| - chest injury measures | | | | |