Euro NCAP: Insight betters Prius and becomes Honda's (crash) safest car in Europe
Date: August 26, 2009 08:47
Submitted by: danielgr
Source: Honda PR + Euro NCAP
Credibility Rating: N/A
The New Honda Insight has been rated one of Europe‘s safest cars, setting the benchmark for hybrid vehicles, according to the new independent crash testing results from Euro NCAP.
Euro NCAP's rating scheme focuses on the vehicle's overall safety performance which gives consumers an easy to understand single score. The system considers occupant protection in frontal, side, pole and rear impacts, child protection, pedestrian protection and the availability of driver aids. The Honda Insight has been awarded the maximum 5-star rating.
The new rating scheme, introduced in February 2009, uses a weighted score, combining many aspects of a car's safety performance: adult (50%), child (20%) and pedestrian (20%) protection assessment results with the availability of safety assistance devices (10%). To qualify for inclusion, safety assistance devices (VSA for Honda) must be fitted as standard across 85% of the EU 27 2009 model range.
The Insight is the most recent in a string of Honda cars to receive top marks.Since the introduction of the new rating scheme Euro NCAP have tested 3 other Honda models; Civic, Accord and Jazz. All achieved 5 stars.
Euro NCAP's new assessment reflects Honda's commitment to overall vehicle safety, complimenting Honda's long standing in-house safety testing which seeks to improve real world safety. Honda's car-to-car crash test facility at the Tochigi R&D plant analyses impacts between models of different sizes and weights and develops solutions to mitigate injuries for both for passengers and pedestrians.
Safety in the Honda Insight
Vehicle Stability Assist
Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) is designed to assist the driver in maintaining control during cornering, acceleration and sudden manoeuvres by applying braking assistance to any of the wheels as necessary and modulating the engine torque output as required.
Braking
14" ventilated front and solid rear disc brakes ensure road stability, which is further enhanced by the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA).
Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE)
Developed in the car-to-car crash testing facility at Tochigi, the Advanced Compatibility EngineeringTM (ACETM) body structure is now a well-established strength of Honda's safety credentials.
The ACETM body structure is a Honda exclusive body design that enhances occupant protection and crash compatibility in frontal collisions. The ACE design utilizes a network of connected structural elements to distribute crash energy more evenly throughout the front of the vehicle. This enhanced frontal crash energy management helps to reduce the forces transferred to the passenger compartment and can help to more evenly disperse the forces transferred to other vehicles in a crash.
Pedestrian Protection
The new Insight also incorporates many features designed with pedestrian-protection in mind. Research has shown that these features can dramatically improve a pedestrian's chance of survival if struck by a moving vehicle. Features include windscreen wiper pivots designed to break away on impact, energy absorbing front wing mounts and bonnet hinges, as well as an unobstructed area beneath the bonnet allowing greater space for deformation.
Airbags and Seatbelts
On all models the driver and passenger Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) front and side airbags are complemented by full length curtain airbags to protect all occupants. There are three-point Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) seatbelts in all seating positions, the front seatbelts also have 2 stage Energy Absorption (EA) load limiting pretensioners. Additionally in the rear ISOFIX points ensure secure and correct installation mounting of child seats.
Active headrests
The Insight is also equipped with front seat active headrests which reduce the likelihood of neck injury in rear impacts. As the occupant is pushed against the seat back, a rigid plate in the seat presses a link to the headrest pushing it up and forward to support the head.
1) In terms of adult and pedestrian safety the Insight betters the Prius 90% -> 88% and 78% -> 68%. The Prius holds the lead in "child-safety" when using Euro-spec child seats (82%-> 74%).
2) The Insight is the safest Honda ever tested according to EuroNCAP testing procedures, achieving highest ever Adult and Pedestrian scores.
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/honda.aspx
3) The Insight's pedestrian score is the highest ever for a car with no active equipment (the Citroen C6 with its auto-rising hood still leads). In fact, under the old star-rating system it would have been the second ever car to obtain the maximum 4-star rating (after the C6).
4) In the US, the Insight has also recently obtained IIHS maximum distinction of "Top Safety Pick".
http://vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=847231
Honda Insight raih bintang lima EuroNCAP
(04/09/2009) - Setidaknya sudah dua kali Honda Insight membuat benchmark di segmen mobil hybrid. Setelah menjadi mobil hybrid pertama yang menjadi best selling car di Jepang, kini Insight memastikan posisinya sebagai salah satu mobil paling aman di Eropa. Hal itu berdasarkan hasil tes independen terbaru dari Euro NCAP.
Pengujian ini meliputi uji tabrak depan, samping, belakang, tabrak tiang, perlindungan anak-anak, perlindungan pejalan kaki dan tersedianya alat bantu untuk pengemudi. Honda Insight mendapat nilai maksimum, bintang lima. Uji terhadap Insight dilakukan
berdasarkan skema penilaian baru yang diperkenalkan Februari 2009.
Dengan sistem penilaian yang lebih ketat ini Honda sudah
menguji kembali tiga model yaitu Civic, Accord dan Jazz. Semuanya mendapat bintang lima.
Skema penilian terbaru Euro NCAP merefleksikan komitmen Honda untuk terhadap keselamatan kendaraan secara menyeluruh. Hasil ini juga menunjukkan betapa testing facility milik Honda tidak pernah berhenti menyempurnakan tingkat perlindungan mobil agar mirip dengan dunia nyata. Fasilitas tes tabrak mobil dengan mobil
di Tochigi menganalisa dampak benturan antar model dengan ukuran dan bobot berbeda dan mengembangkan solusi untuk mengurangi dampak cidera baik penumpang maupun pedestrian.
http://www.mobilku.com/?p=9003&id=8367
2010 Honda Insight EX Earns Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK Award for
Date: August 14, 2009 10:24
Submitted by: Jeff
Source: Honda Press Release
Credibility Rating: Not Specified
08/13/2009 - TORRANCE, Calif. -
The 2010 Honda Insight EX earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 2009 TOP SAFETY PICK Award, the organization's highest honor. The annual award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting vehicle occupants involved in front, side, and rear crashes based on ratings in IIHS tests.
"Fuel economy and safety have always been part of Honda's DNA," said Erik Berkman, vice president of corporate planning and logistics. "The Insight EX is a great example of an affordable vehicle that receives a high rating for safety."
Honda operates two of the world's most sophisticated crash test laboratories with the objective of developing the highest level of safety design and technology. The Tochigi, Japan, facility was the world's first indoor omni-directional car-to-car crash testing facility and the Honda R&D America's Raymond, Ohio, development center performs testing on all U.S.-developed models.
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