This blog is not affiliated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in any way, shape, or form. Information is taken from the publicly viewable NHTSA Database. Crash tests posted on this blog were conducted between May 21, 1979 and August 17, 1989 at a speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour) into a solid wall with dummies restrained by the vehicle safety belt system. Tests were conducted on the model year vehicle listed in the post and may or may not be accurate for a differing model year. Injury measures are likely accurate to a plus or minus 2% range - for example, a 26% risk of injury is likely in the 24-28% range. The five star system used for 2010 and earlier crash tests is used.

Injury risk:
10% or less - 5 star rating
11% - 20% - 4 star rating
21% - 35% - 3 star rating
36% - 45% - 2 star rating
46% or more - 1 star rating

Monday, December 30, 2013

Done! No, wait...

All of the 1979 to 1989 tests posted - there are 320 - are posted. 250 of them are in the individual posting format, and the remaining 70 are in four posts - one for 1979, one for 1980, one for 1981, and one for 1982. Due to uncertainties in my injury calculations for these tests and the less user friendly format of their posts, I will repost these 70 - individually, and with the injury calculation method I used for the other 250 -  and update the original four posts to state that they have been superseded.

To clarify:

All individually posted tests (those conducted from September 1982 to August 1989 on 1982-1989 vehicles) are in their final form. These are posted "for good" and are as accurate as possible. All tests with available videos do have them posted. They are YouTube videos.

The earlier tests (those conducted from May 1979 to August 1982 on 1979-1982 vehicles) will receive updated posts in the same user friendly format as the more recent tests. And yes, videos are coming too where available.

So, it's done, but not done. 
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