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