| Which cars are the safest cars in the United | | | | rating,plus individual ratings in the following |
| States, you may wonder. Is it BMW, Ford, | | | | categories: |
| Chevy? As far as car security matters, only eight | | | | |
| of the 2004 model cars on the market have | | | | The frontal offset crash test structure/safety |
| earned perfect scores in crash tests conducted | | | | cage |
| by the U.S. Department of Transportation's | | | | head/neck injury measures |
| National Highway Traffic Safety | | | | chest injury measures |
| Administration (NHTSA) or the Insurance | | | | left and right leg/foot injury measures |
| Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).Here are the | | | | restraints/dummy kinematics |
| criterias: To pass the auto security test, the | | | | |
| vehicle had to get perfect marks in all of the | | | | ratings of "good" for head restraint design and |
| following categories: | | | | the performance of bumpers in low-speed auto |
| five-star ratings--the highest available--in NHTSA's | | | | crash tests. |
| frontal and side vehicle crash testsfive-star | | | | Side impact auto crash tests were also |
| rollover resistance ratings | | | | conducted for all vehicle brands but no car |
| orratings of "good," (highest available), which | | | | received perfect marks in those tests. |
| includes an overall | | | | |