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October 26, 2005
NHTSA PUBLISHES TEST PLANS FOR ’06 MODELS
In NHTSA’s consumer “safety ratings” program for model year 2006, a total of 41 passenger cars, 21 sport utility vehicles, five vans, and 10 pickups will be subjected to frontal and side crash safety tests. “When the tests are completed by the spring of 2006, consumers will have access to frontal crash test ratings for about 83 percent of all 2006 offerings and side impact safety information for about 69 percent,” the agency reported. The agency also will provide rollover ratings for 18 passenger cars, 25 sport utility vehicles, four vans and nine pickups. Together with vehicles already tested, NHTSA will provide rollover safety information for approximately 81 percent of the model year 2006 U.S. passenger vehicle fleet. NHTSA uses what it calls a “consumer friendly system” – ratings from one to five stars – that it says “make it easy for vehicle-to-vehicle comparisons.” The system was put in place some years ago, replacing an earlier one in which ratings indicated vehicle “pass-fail” results in the tests. For details go to NHTSA.Posted by MVHAP at October 26, 2005 09:58 AM