Roof Crash Test

How the side crash test is conducted.

Roof crash test.

The iihs roof strength crash test is conducted by pushing a metal plate at constant speed against one side of a vehicle s roof. How the roof strength test is conducted. The 2019 bmw x2 crossover earns a good rating in the iihs roof crush test with a strength to weight ratio of 5 51. Rating applies to 2019 20 models.

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. This nhtsa crash test footage of the model s isn t dramatic to watch but that s exactly why this car is impressive. The relationship between injury levels and intrusion or roof crush has.

Roof crush resistance 222 13 kb final rule. 2019 ford ranger xlt supercrew 2wd. The model s earned the highest crash test rating nhtsa has ever given a new car. 49 cfr parts 571 and 585216 as part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes this final rule upgrades the agency s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways.

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. 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 number of occupant injuries is significantly higher.

Iihs conducts three different frontal crash tests. Moderate overlap frontal test configurationdriver side small overlap frontal test configurationpassenger side small overlap frontal test configuration. Every year approximately 10 000 americans are killed in rollover accidents accounting for about 30 of all light vehicle occupant fatalities. Head restraints seats.