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Frontal offset crash tests conducted by the Institute since 1995 have prompted huge improvements in how vehicles protect people in frontal crashes. Now this consumer information program is undergoing a major change.
The Institute evaluates the crashworthiness of passenger vehicles based on 40 mph frontal offset crash tests in which the driver side of the front of a vehicle strikes a deformable barrier. Institute researchers evaluate the test performance of each vehicle and assign comparative ratings of good, acceptable, marginal, or poor. More than 200 car, SUV, and pickup truck designs have been rated (see Status Report, March 20, 2001; on the web at www.iihs.org). When the Institute began evaluating frontal crashworthiness by vehicle group, beginning in the mid-1990s, about half of the 80 vehicles that were tested earned marginal or poor ratings. More were rated poor than good.
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