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Rating calculator Side. The purpose of this calculator is to facilitate the overall evaluation of side impact crashes according to the Institute's published protocols and guidelines. Criteria are based on the Institute's latest practices and are subject to change.
Vehicle ratings. IIHS tests evaluate two aspects of safety: crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash — and crash avoidance and mitigation — technology that can prevent a crash or lessen its severity. Start typing a make and/or model, and a list of choices will appear.
Recommended procedures for evaluating occupant injury risk from deploying side airbags July 2003; Prepared by the Side Airbag Out-of-Position Injury Technical Working Group (A joint project of Alliance, AIAM, AORC, and IIHS)
When evaluating a vehicle's side impact crashworthiness, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) examines and rates three components: driver and passenger injury measures, head protection, and structural performance. This protocol describes our ratings criteria for each of these components.
The NHTSA puts vehicles through four separate tests before giving their rating, while the IIHS administers six tests. For the IIHS Top Safety Pick, vehicles must score near-top ratings in five of these tests, obtaining at least an "acceptable" ranking in their headlights category.
5 gru 2021 · When you are looking to buy a safe car, truck, or SUV, remember to check the NHTSA and IIHS safety ratings to get a good idea of how the vehicle performed in a wide variety of crash test scenarios. However, remember that even the highest-rated vehicles were still only tested in relatively mild crashes and that there is still extremely limited ...
Behind the ratings. Learn what vehicle safety tests we conduct and what goes into each evaluation.
