Small SUVs Front Crash Prevention Test. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is updating its vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention test to address crashes that occur at higher speeds and those in which the struck vehicle is a motorcycle or large truck.
Only one of the first 10 small SUVs evaluated earns a good rating.
The Subaru Forester is the only small SUV to earn a good rating in the updated test. Two others, the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, are rated acceptable. The Ford Escape, Hyundai Tucson and Jeep Compass earn marginal ratings, while the Chevrolet Equinox, Mazda CX-5, Mitsubishi Outlander and Volkswagen Taos are all rated poor.
The original vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention evaluation was developed when the technology was relatively new, so the performance requirements only addressed low-speed crashes. By the time the original evaluation, with test runs at 12 and 25 mph, was discontinued at the end of 2022, all tested vehicles were earning the top rating of superior.
Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Subaru Forester
1:34 Honda CR-V
2:14 Ford Escape
2:34 Chevrolet Equinox
2:51 Mazda CX-5
3:16 Mitsubishi Outlander
3:25 Volkswagen Taos
3:37 Results
Source : IIHS
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