Video: Mazda and Fiat airbags blijken waardeloos bij crash

Posted on 30-07-2014 at 9:36 by sir_smokalot – 33 Comments”

Of all the crash tests that are performed, I find the American small overlap is by far the most interesting. There is now a new round of tests done, with as a conclusion: in a Leaf, and Mazda 5 head, despite all the airbags dashboard.

The American Institute for Insurance and Highway Safety regularly conducts crash tests, in which cars, for example, in the back of a loaded truck can be popped. Another test that since 2012, the small overlap test. This is to simulate what happens when you have a little bit of the road, and with a part of your car to any other object it touches. No full frontaaltje so, but the impact with the left 25% of your car with an immovable object, putting all the energy on a small surface area concentrates.

After the last test with mini cars do the IIHS now what they classify as ‘small cars’. Of the 12 tested cars score there is 6 sufficient and 6 insufficient.

The worst is the Mazda 5: the released forces will bend the steering column on the driver. The stuurairbag is useless, because he onploft next to the face of the driver. In addition, the side airbags do not agree. Result: the dummy parks his face a dominant feature on the hard dashboard instead of in a soft airbag. [update] Also in the Fiat 500L hits the dummy hardly the airbags, but full of the mullion. Also the Nissan Leaf comes merciless, with, o.a. a parking brake which is 30 cm to the front.

Winners include the Chevy Volt and the MINI Countryman, we quote: “The Mini Cooper Countryman’s safety cage hero up well, and the safety belts and airbags worked as they should to control the test dummy’s movement.”

What is remarkable is that the category “head&neck-injuries’ in each car as “good” is appreciated. This can we totally did not reconcile with the criticism of the IIHS, and this question is therefore currently in them. As soon as we answer, let us know.

Watch the video on autojunk, results below: