I have previously written posts about the extreme danger of head-on auto accidents and the increased likelihood of serious injury and death. Today, I came across an article discussing a report from the Institute for Highway Safety which highlights the fact that partial overlap front end crashes may be the most dangerous of all collisions. These accidents which may occur on indirect frontal crashes or accidents with a pole or tree, greatly compromise the integrity of the vehicles body and can result in extremely serious personal injury.
Despite great advances in highway safety from the automobile industry, over 10,000 people per year are killed as a result of a car crash. A quarter of such fatalities may come from these so-called partial overlap accidents. Manufacturers score highly for direct frontal collisions, but according to this most recent study, only 3 out of 11 mid and high end vehicles (foreign and domestic) scored “good” or “acceptable” on the partial overlap collision test. The video included in the report is frightening.
The institute points out that on direct front end accidents, the force of the impact is spread across the entire front end of the vehicle allowing it to compress and protect the interior passengers. On a partial overlap accident, the entire force of the impact is isolated in a much smaller area and cars are simply not designed to absorb such dramatic force. The passengers inside experience the most serious of injuries: broken bones, scars, head injuries, paralysis and even death.
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