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