Roof Crash Test

Moderate overlap frontal test configurationdriver side small overlap frontal test configurationpassenger side small overlap frontal test configuration.

Roof crash test.

Head restraints seats. Iihs conducts three different frontal crash tests. 2019 ford ranger xlt supercrew 2wd. The relationship between injury levels and intrusion or roof crush has.

Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking snprm. Roof crush is the failure and displacement of an automobile roof into the passenger compartment during a rollover accident. Five and a half times the vehicle s wei. The iihs roof strength crash test is conducted by pushing a metal plate at constant speed against one side of a vehicle s roof.

Rating applies to 2019 20 models. Federal motor vehicle safety standards. A moderate overlap test formerly known as the frontal offset test a driver side small overlap test and a passenger side small overlap test. The model s earned the highest crash test rating nhtsa has ever given a new car.

This nhtsa crash test footage of the model s isn t dramatic to watch but that s exactly why this car is impressive. The number of occupant injuries is significantly higher. Every year approximately 10 000 americans are killed in rollover accidents accounting for about 30 of all light vehicle occupant fatalities. Roof crush resistance 222 13 kb final rule.

How the roof strength test is conducted. A test program like the very successful series produced by the iihs for offset frontal impacts would be more effective in the short run at least for improving roof strength. Televise the results of drop tests or jordan tests or cris tests and let the public see the differences between those which only pass the federal 216 test and the best. In order to earn a good rating a vehicle s roof must withstand a.