Side impact - Euro NCAP

The side crash test simulates a car crash into the side of another vehicle.

In the side impact Euro NCAP methodology meets truck traveling at 50 km / h into the side of the stationary vehicle. Trolley in front of a deformable barrier simulating the front of the car. Truck weight is set at 950 kg. The impact is conducted on the driver's side to the point R. At this point, is 95% male hip area.

American Insurance Authority Road Safety IIHS performs this test in light of the modification. The same truck crashes into a stationary vehicle at an angle of 27 °. Parameters are set so that the perpendicular component of the speed at impact truck was still about five miles per hour higher than in the Euro NCAP. The resulting speed of the trolley is approaching 61 km / h

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Car vs. field or large SUV
German Research Institute of Insurance (UDV) has organized a series of crash test standard passenger vehicle and large SUVs . The results were alarming. Even at a speed of 40 km / h was able to dent Toyota RAV4 side Opel Astra to the extent that the driver suffered severe injuries. The crew escaped by Toyota without serious injury. If we leave aside the difference in body resistance against lateral and frontal impact, we find that the problem lies mainly in the greater weight and greater height off-road vehicles. The greatest risk allegedly threatened by older SUV and off-road , among other things, because they often have a tough chassis frame.