Safety Ratings of Popular Trucks, Vans, and SUV's

[OTEP]

Ford Escape
Overall Rating: Marginal

[pajerokid]

Hmmm.... RAV4 kaya? Gens 1 & 2???

[kiper]

sayang ung escape..pwede pa ung sidemirror oh..

ganun pala itsura ko pag nabangga..

[pissword]

sir pajerokid.. gen2

acceptable..overall..
good frontal, poor side and poor bumper..

[mikey177]

Originally posted by OTEP
GOOD ang highest. Yun ang rating ng Corolla at Civic.

Wait a minute. You mean to say that in a head-on collission, you'd be better off in a sedan than in an SUV, puckup or minivan?

Hmmm... is this because a sedan has lesser mass than the other types of vehicles therefore there is less energy released during the impact?

Para bang force = mass x acceleration (tama ba?)

But, as the others pointed out, lets not find out. Safe driving lang palagi, mga peeps.

[mbt]

mikey177,

you'd be safer in a corolla or civic if you crash against a wall or a tree or some other static barrier. keep in mind that crash testing is done against a static barrier, not another vehicle. note also that the IIHS and NHTSA emphasize that crash test results should not be compared against vehicles of different masses.

in multi-car crashes, the heavier vehicle has the safety advantage. crash an expedition into a corolla at speed, and the corolla will be totalled while the expedition will have far less damage. crash an expedition into another expedition and they're about equal. but crash an expedition and a corolla into a wall, and the corolla driver will be less likely to suffer serious injuries.

[OTEP]

Tama ang paliwanag ni mbt. Kaya ko siya idol.

When mass is a factor (car to car), bigger wins. Pero when it is not a factor anymore (crashing onto a lamp post, brick wall), mas importante na ang design ng structure ng vehicle itself.

[mikey177]

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

In this case, I think Congress should pass a law stating that all static barriers (walls, lamp posts, trees, etc.) should be shaped like sedans, so that we who drive bigger vehicles will be safer if we bump into them

[rodski]

Hello Guys,

What you saw in the previous pictures are offset collision crash test. This test is done to simulate a typical crash on a two way street. This test focuses on impact on one side of the vehicle. How good will the vehicle absorb the impact if forces are concentrated on one side.

Remember the crumple zone design spreads the impact forces before reaching the passengers. However in the offset collision, on side is subjected to see the effect of how well a vehicle can protect a person if forces are concentrated on one side.

I drive a carnival and it has 5 star ratings on front,side and rear impacts. However, for the offset collison test it is acceptable. Knowing the weakness of my vehicle, I'm more careful when overtaking in a two way street (ingat sa counter flow).

Before I bought the car I checked out this website www.crashtest.com , this was my basis in deciding to buy it. I suggest that you visit this and other websites before you buy a car. For SUV enthusiasts you may want to check out the rollover tests.

[mbt]

the IIHS itself explains how frontal offset crash-testing complements the standard NHTSA full frontral crash-testing; the offset test measures the structural integrity and crumple characteristics of the vehicle itself while restraint systems (both passive and active) generally play a greater role in full frontal crash tests.

moral of the story: if you have to crash, try to crash the entire frontal area of your vehicle as much as possible... don't attempt to crash half of your car's frontal area in the hope of reducing crash damage hehe

[OTEP]

Offset crashes are more common in the real world (that is according to Mercedes Benz). The last time I crashed, it was an offset crash. Rarely does one crash dead-on into a perfectly flat barrier. Even hitting a lamp post creates forces not different from an offset crash since the force is very concentrated in one area.

The IIHS test is a tougher test than what the federal government mandates. IIHS tests are done at a higher speed with only 1/2 of the vehicle impacting the barrier. So expect a lot of vehicles to score lower here than they do in NHTSA tests.

[boybi]

most of the time naman kapag naaksidente ka, you try to steer away from the car or object you are about to hit, thats why most of the time offset ang crash.

[Bubbles]

Steering away gives hope that you might not hit. trying to aim the car dead on might get you jail time. Diba murder yun. hehe.

hmmm... so between a static object and a car, i should choose the car...

Makabili na nga ng military 6x6.