Is Your Car a Top Safety Pick?

August 22, 2011

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced 66 models of cars to their Top Safety Picks for 2011. The IIHS has a new roof test that must be passed with a "good" rating in order to be chosen as a Safety Pick. The IIHS uses four ratings when testing vehicles; they are "good," "acceptable," "marginal," and "poor." The roof test is now mandatory on all vehicles due to the increasing frequency of rollover accidents in recent years. If a vehicle has a strong roof, the liklihood of severe injuries occuring in a rollover accident is much lower. To see if your vehicle made the list, visit this website.