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[Availability from foreign countries of data on collision safety performance]

Testing methods in other countries

Information on automobile collision safety performance is provided to the public by organizations such as the United States NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

Organization	Testing method	Evaluation method
United States Department of Transportation NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)	Frontal crash test (full-wrap collision against a rigid barrier at 35 mph (approx. 56 km/h)) Side impact test (against a moving barrier at 38.5 mph (approx. 62 km/h))	Passenger injury evaluated with 5 levels (using * where 5 * is best)
European Commission and others	Frontal crash test (offset collision against a deformable barrier at 64 km/h) Side impact test (against a moving barrier at 50 km/h)	Body deformation and passenger injury evaluated with 5 levels (using * where 4 * is best)
Australia Federal Offic of Road Safety	Frontal crash test (offset collision against a deformable barrier at 64 km/h) Side impact test (against a moving barrier at 50 km/h)	Body deformation and passenger injury evaluated with 5 levels (using * where 4 * is best)
IIHS (Insurance Institute fo Highway Safety ) U.S.A.	Frontal crash test (offset collision against a deformable barrier at 64 km/h) Side impact test (against a moving barrier at 50 km/h)	Body deformation, passenger restraint, and passenger injury evaluated with 4 levels of overall evaluation

Test result can be viewed on the internet at the following addresses.

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)	http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Australia	http://www.nrma.com.au/crashtests
European Union (EU)	http://www.euroncap.com/

In these countries, there are also the following regulations on collision safety performance standards.

Collision Safety Performance Standards in Other Countries

Country	Standard	Testing method
U.S.A.	Frontal crash standard (FMVSS 208)	Full-wrap impact against a rigid barrier at 30 mph (approx. 48 km/h), etc.
U.S.A.	Side impact standard (FMVSS 214)	Impact against a moving barrier at 33.5 mph (approx. 54 km/h)
EU European Union member countries)	Frontal crash standard (EC directive 96/79/EC)	Offset impact against a deformable barrier at 56 km/h
EU European Union member countries)	Side impact standard (EC Directive 96/27/EC)	Impact against a moving barrier at 50 km/h
Australia	Frontal crash standard (ADR 69)	Full-wrap impact against a rigid barrier at 48 km/h
Japan (for reference)	Frontal collision standard (Article 18,Safety Regulation for Road Vehicles)	Full-wrap impact against a rigid barrier at 50 km/h
Japan (for reference)	Side collision standard (Article 18,Safety Regulation for Road Vehicles)	Impact against a moving barrier at 50 km/h

Full-wrap frontal collision against a rigid barrier
In this test, the entire front of the test vehicle is made to collide with a concrete barrier. This test causes the greatest amount of force to be exerted on the dummies and is particularly useful in evaluating the effectiveness of passenger restraining devices such as seatbelts and airbags.	<Full-wrap frontal collision test>

Offset frontal collision test against a deformable barrier
In this test, driver's side of the test vehicle is made to collide with a barrier outfitted with an aluminum honeycomb material designed to deform on impact. Because the impact is absorbed by only one section of the car, deformation of the body is great, even though the force exerted on the dummy is less than in other tests. This test is useful for evaluating the risk of injury to passengers due to deformation of the vehicle body.	<Offset frontal collision test>

Side collision test

In this test, a moving barrier outfitted with an aluminum honeycomb material designed to deform on impact is made to collide with the driver's side of the test vehicle.


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