Roof Crash Test

The model s earned the highest crash test rating nhtsa has ever given a new car.

Roof crash test.

Rating applies to 2019 20 models. 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. The number of occupant injuries is significantly higher. 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. Roof crush resistance 222 13 kb final rule. The iihs roof strength crash test is conducted by pushing a metal plate at constant speed against one side of a vehicle s roof. 2019 ford ranger xlt supercrew 2wd.

Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking snprm. How the roof strength test is conducted. Federal motor vehicle safety standards. How the side crash test is conducted.

Iihs conducts three different frontal crash tests. 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 2019 bmw x2 crossover earns a good rating in the iihs roof crush test with a strength to weight ratio of 5 51. 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.

The relationship between injury levels and intrusion or roof crush has. Five and a half times the vehicle s wei. Moderate overlap frontal test configurationdriver side small overlap frontal test configurationpassenger side small overlap frontal test configuration. Roof crush is the failure and displacement of an automobile roof into the passenger compartment during a rollover accident.