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A side collision is a vehicle crash where the side of one or more vehicles is impacted. These crashes typically occur at intersections, in , and when two vehicles pass on a multi-lane roadway.
In 2008, a total of 5,265 (22%) out of 23,888 people were killed in vehicles which were struck in the side in the United States.
For European motorcyclists, side impact is the second most frequent location of impact.
For European cyclists, thorax injuries are associated with side-impact injuries in urban areas and/or at junctions.
In several European countries, such as the UK, Sweden, and France, around one quarter of traffic injuries are produced by side collisions, but accounted for 29 to 38% of injuries which were fatal.
In European vehicle side impact, 60% of casualties were "struck side", while 40% were "non struck side", in 2018.
Fatal casualties count as 50% and 67% in UK and in France, in 2010
Also, side collision are not well managed with child restraints which are not enough taking into account the movement of the child's head and prevent contact with the car's interior.
For light vans and minibuses in 2000 in UK and Germany, between 14% and 26% of accidents with passenger cars were side impacts.
In Shanghai, in China, 23% of the 1097 serious accidents occurred between June 2005 and March 2013 are side impact accidents, there the leading collision mode, according to the Shanghai United Road Traffic Safety Scientific Research Center (SHUFO) database. The head and neck are involved in around 64% of the casualties.
NHTSA and Euro NCAP also test the more severe vehicle-into-pole side impacts, where smaller vehicles have the same fatality rate as larger vehicles.
Newer cars have improved safety in case of front crashes, but side impacts can also be deadly; about 9,700 people were killed in side impacts in the US in 2004.
Side airbags became mandatory in 2009 in the US, saving an estimated 1,000 lives per year.
Research indicates that the vehicle's underbody is the best place to reinforce structures to reduce intrusion by the pole.
Billot et al. " Pole Impact Test: Study of the two current Candidates in Terms of Cost and Benefits for France" page 3-4. PSA Peugeot Citroën
The IIHS results are evaluated by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety using their protocols.
This list shows the most notable of newer tested vehicles tested via NHTSA and IIHS. Some provide good protection, some less so, and some developed improved safety in response to a low result (Dodge Ram and Fiat 500). Some are common examples of their type.
Sorted roughly by rating, Head injury criterion (HIC) and Crush.
Limits are:
General list of side impacts
These are lists of cars with notable aspects of side impact.
List of cars after 2011
The NHTSA results are evaluated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration using Office of Crashworthiness Standards, New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Side Impact Laboratory Test Procedure Side Impact Laboratory Test Procedure, Moving Deformable Barrier NHTSA Office of Crashworthiness Standards, September 2012. 285 pages in 9MB and Side Impact Rigid Pole Laboratory Test Procedure Side Impact Laboratory Test Procedure, Rigid Pole NHTSA Office of Crashworthiness Standards, September 2012. 224 pages in 8MB to display a simple star-rating. The "primary purpose of the NCAP side impact program is to provide comparative vehicle side protection information to assist consumers in making vehicle purchase decisions, thereby providing an incentive for vehicle manufacturers to design safer vehicles."
+ Side impact safety of newer cars (from 2011–present), by NHTSA and IIHS. Click <> to sort by parameter.
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rating MDB: Pax pelvic force over threshold, and RLSA near. Pole Test: Pelvic force and RLSA over threshold. Pole Test: Pelvic force 4770 N of a threshold of 5525 N 59+166
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> NCAP Moving Deformable Barrier Side Impact Test #8536 at 62 km/h (38 mph), 2014 Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro 5DR MPV KARCO Engineering, 18 February 2014. 159 pages in 8MB
Moving Deformable Barrier (MDB): HIC max. 1000, Chest injury max. 44mm, abdominal injury max. 2500 Newton, pelvis injury max. 6000 N. There are additional limits for passenger similar to pole test.
Rigid Pole: HIC max. 1000, Lower Spine acceleration max. 82g, Pelvis sum max. 5525 N
List of cars before 2011
Sorted roughly by rating.
+ Side impact safety of older cars (before 2011) by NHTSA, IIHS and Euro NCAP.
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! class="unsortable"Comment Structure rated "Poor" Structure rated "Acceptable" 2005 with airbag is Good at IIHS Comment
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