DOES A VEHICLE PASS THE CRASSWORTHINESS TEST? A FLORIDA DEFECTIVE PRODUCT LAWYER CAN HELP

With roughly 243 million registered vehicles operating in the United States, highway collisions are inevitable. However, it is the responsibility of vehicle manufacturers to ensure that their cars, trucks, and SUVs are designed to keep their passengers safe in the event of a crash. This is where the term crashworthiness comes from; a vehicle must be able to crash while causing the least amount of harm to its passengers.

Accidents should be survivable, but auto makers have been fighting for years to resist regulations that would make their vehicles safer. Every vehicle on Florida highways should ideally have passed a thorough crashworthiness test, and a defective product lawyer can help you determine whether your car or truck was properly tested and manufactured.

• Crashworthiness Test: What Is It?
• Which Vehicles Are Safest?
• Florida: Defective Product Lawyer Information

CRASHWORTHINESS TEST: WHAT IS IT?

You are probably familiar with the crash-test dummies shown in car commercials to demonstrate a vehicle’s safety. A crashworthiness test uses these dummies to ensure that a vehicle is safely designed to protect its passengers. There are several different types of tests performed, including the following:

• Frontal impact crashworthiness test – In this test, the vehicle is driven into a concrete wall or another vehicle to see how the passenger fares in a frontal impact crash.
• Offset crashworthiness test – In this test, part of the front of the car impacts another vehicle.
• Side impact crashworthiness test – Here, the side of the car impacts another vehicle.
• Rollover crashworthiness test – This tests the vehicle’s ability to support itself when turned upside-down or on its side.

Read more about the risk of SUV rollover here, or contact a Florida defective product lawyer to find out if your accident resulted from poor safety standards compliance.

back to top

WHICH VEHICLES ARE SAFEST?

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducts ongoing crash tests to rate the front, side, and rear impact performance of various vehicle models. To find out how your car ranks in the crashworthiness test, see the IIHS Website.

back to top

FLORIDA: DEFECTIVE PRODUCT LAWYER INFORMATION

If your vehicle doesn’t measure up to proper safety standards, or if you feel that a wrongful death or personal injury resulted from an auto maker’s negligence, ask a Florida defective product lawyer at our firm to evaluate your case. We strive to tighten crashworthiness test standards and keep drivers and passengers safe.

Learn more about defective products and current legislation by exploring our website:

• Seatbelt Defects
• Other Commercial Defects
• Case Studies – Victims' Compensation