Crash Test Ratings - Ford 2013 User Manual

2013
NHTSA Ratings
What You Need to Know
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)
provides consumers with crash test ratings
them make a more educated decision on new
vehicle purchases
• Frontal and side crash test ratings are located in
the Government Safety Ratings portion of the 2013
vehicle window sticker
2012 Mustang NHTSA Results
Crash Test
Frontal – Driver
Frontal – Passenger
Side Barrier – Driver
Side Barrier –
Passenger
Side Pole – Driver
Rollover
Overall Rating
What Do the Stars Mean?
Frontal and Side-impact Tests
HHHHH 5 stars = Injury risk for the vehicle is much
less than average
HHHH 4 stars = Injury risk for the vehicle is less
than average to average
3 stars = Injury risk for the vehicle is average
HHHH
to greater than average
Rollover Testing
HHHHH 5 stars = Rollover risk for the vehicle is much less
than average
(1) Star ratings are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's www.safercar.gov program.
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A CLOSER LOOK:
How NHTSA Determines a Vehicle's Rating
In all scenarios, the tests are designed to reproduce
the most common real-life accidents. Instruments
measure the force of the impact and how it transfers
to the vehicle's occupants, and then compares
similar vehicles' test results.
Frontal Crash Test
The frontal crash test simulates a head-on collision
between two similar vehicles each moving at 35 mph.
The test includes dummies to represent an average-
size male in the driver's seat and a small female in
the front-passenger seat.
Side-impact Tests
The side crash rating represents an intersection-type
collision by having a 3015-lb. barrier that replicates
the characteristics of the front end of a vehicle,
moving at 38.5 mph into a standing vehicle. The
test includes dummies to represent an average-size
male in the driver's seat and a small female in the
front passenger seat, as well as a small female in the
driver-side second-row or rear seat.
A pole test, designed to simulate the broadside
impact of a vehicle into a tree or telephone pole at 20
mph, is also conducted. The test includes a dummy
to represent a small female in the driver's seat.
Rollover Ratings
Rollover ratings use mathematical formulas that
consider the vehicle's geometric properties and
the number of crash avoidance technologies to
determine the likelihood of a rollover in certain
conditions.
Crash Avoidance Technologies
When the tested vehicles also come standard with
crash avoidance technologies, such as AdvanceTrac
with RSC (Roll Stability Control), these technologies
are listed and the information is posted online at
www.safercar.gov.
overall Vehicle Score
Frontal crash, side-impact and rollover ratings are
combined and summarized into a single Overall
Vehicle Score of one to five stars. These ratings are
available online at www.safercar.gov.
January 2012