2003 Accord get "BEST PICK" in Crash Test

[VTECseoul]

Just watched it on DateLine, big improvement from the 6th gen's "Good" back in '98. it may be a FWD car, but at least you can walk away from a wreck.

In 1998 the Honda Accord received an acceptable rating. “The kind of forces we recorded were sufficient to cause a leg fracture,” says O’Neill.
Now five years later how does the Accord do? The 2003 Honda Accord also gets a best pick.

“And now we have very good structural performance everywhere, including the foot well region,” says O’Neill.
Never has the Institute had a group of cars in one round that did so well in the crash test. Not only did every car get a good, it also got a “Best Pick.” And at the Insurance Institute that means you’re the cream of the crop.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/845659.asp

Official Proof

http://www.iihs.org/news_releases/2002/pr121002.htm

[boingo82]

Indeed I find those tests very, very interesting. If you're interested in video, check at http://www.progressive.com/RC/VSafet...=0\&IMAGE1.Y=0
Also at www.hwysafety.org, be sure to check the intrusion measures for various cars. For example, although a lot of people don't consider crash safety an important factor in vehicle choice, it is. Let's put it this way. If you are driving a 2001 Toyota Tundra, and slam into another car at 40mph, you can plan on the brake pedal (which your foot is probably pushing down very hard on) move upward/backward 2.36 inches in a mere fraction of a second. However, if you were in a 2001 Ford F150, in the same accident, plan on that pedal moving 17.7 inches. Yes, that's right. A foot and a half. In other words you've just dislocated your hip, knee, ankle, and probably shattered several bones too. Something to think about.

Also read this fascinating info on bumpers.. http://www.hwysafety.org/news_releas...2/pr120302.htm