Which are the safest cars according to Swedish crash test? Is Volvo still safest in crashes?
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Toyota Starlet has emerged as the worst car by far according to Swedish
latest crash test, while the safest cars are Volvo S60/V60 and V70/S80.
These cars provide 59 percent more protection than the average car in a
crash between two cars.
This is the result conclusion presented by the insurance group, Folksam
after a study of crash safety in 238 car models. These safe Volvos
relates to the V70/S80 from 2007 onwards, and S60/V60 from 2010 onwards.
Volvo receives an unusually clear victory in the test and pinch third
place with older models of the Volvo V70, S80 and S60. They have 46
percent more protection than the average car.
Image: Swedish television
Second is Honda CRV of the years 1998-2006, which provides 47 percent more protection.
By far the worst in the test emerged to be the Toyota Starlet Model for
1997-98, which cover an entire 288 percent worse than the average car.
This thus throw some more light to the view that larger cars often
provide better protection in a crashes than smaller ones. Old small
cars are generally the ones that perform worst in the test and exhibits
that there a huge differences between old and new cars.
There’ve been such a huge development over the years and we look at
cars from the early 80’s and compare them to the current situation. The
result is that the risk of death decreased by 80-90 percent and the
risk of debilitating injuries have halved, according to Anders
Kullgren, head of research at Folksam.
by Scancomark.com Team
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