MEASURING CRASHWORTHINESS: MAKE/MODEL RATINGS AND THE INFLUENCE OF AUSTRALIAN DESIGN RULES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY

Max Cameron, Caroline Finch, Stuart Newstead and Tri Le Monash University Accident Research Centre, Victoria, Australia

Andrew Graham and Michael Griffiths Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales, Australia

Maria Pappas and Jack Haley NRMA Ltd., New South Wales, Australia

ABSTRACT

This paper updates and extends the methods in a previous paper which gave crashworthiness ratings for makes/models of Australian cars manufactured during 1982-90. The new results used logistic regression to take into account a larger number of fa ctors which were found to be strongly related to the injury risk and injury severity of drivers. The data covered 220,000 drivers involved in tow­ away crashes in New South Wales during 1987-92, and a total of 45,000 drivers injured in crashes in Victoria and New South Wales during the same period. The crashworthiness ratings measured the risk of a driver being killed or admitted to hospital when involved in a tow-away crash. The ratings were able to identify 26 makes/models manufactured during 1982-92 which have superior or inferior crashworthiness compared with the average vehicle.

The relationship between crashworthiness and year of manufacture was investigated using the same analysis methods and an expanded data set including pre-1982 vehicles. The data covered 424,000 drivers involved in tow­ away crashes and 102,000 injured drivers. The crashworthiness of passenger cars in Australia showed the greatest improvements for those manufactured over the years 1970 to 1979 during which a number of new Australian Design Rules aimed at occupant protection took effect. There was a 47% reduction in the risk of serious injury for drivers involved in tow-away crashes while driving the post-1979 cars compared with those manufactured during the 1960's.

-297 - CRASHWORTHINESS is the ability of a vehicle to protect its occupants against injury in the event of a crash. There is considerable interest in the ratings of makes and models of passenger cars which reflect their relative crashworthiness.

A previous paper reviewed methods used internationally to rate the safety of cars, based on mass crash data (Cameron, Mach, Neiger, Graham, Ramsay, Pappas and Haley, 1992a). Since that time, there have been a number of methodological advances which are reflected in the internationally published ratings (Folksam 1992, Broughton 1994, Highway Loss Data Institute 1994, lnsurance Institute for Highway Safety 1994, U. K. Department of Transport 1995).

In 1992, the first crashworthiness ratings of Australian passenger cars were produced based on crash and injury data from Victoria during 1983-90 and New South Wales (NSW) during 1989-90 (Cameron et al 1992a, 1994). The ratings were based on data for 22,964 drivers injured in crashes in the two States, plus data for 73,399 drivers involved in tow-away crashes in NSW. Crashworthiness was measured in two components:

1. Rate of injury for drivers involved in tow-away crashes (injury risk)

2. Rate of serious injury (death or hospital admission) for injured drivers (injury severity).

The crashworthiness rating was formed by multiplying these two rates together; it then measured the risk of serious injury for drivers involved in crashes. Measuring crashworthiness in this way was first developed by Folksam lnsurance (Gustafsson, Hagg, Krafft, Kullgren, Malmstedt, Nygren and Tingvall 1989).

The rating figures were widely distributed throughout Australia in the form of a "Driver Protection Ratings" brochure. Cameron et al (1992b) reported the Australian car manufacturers' and importers' responses to the rating scores in the subsequent advertising of their products. The paper also examined the relationship between the rating score and the mass of individual passenger car models.

These ratings took into account the speed zone of the crash and the driver sex. Since these ratings were published, an improved analysis method has been developed to take into account a broader range of factors affecting the risk of severe injury, thereby improving the reliability and sensitivity of the results. Based on a comparison of methods applied to the previous data, the new method produces crashworthiness ratings with proportionately smaller variability.

This paper describes the data and analysis methods used to update the previously published crashworthiness ratings. The new ratings cover makes

-298 - and models of passenger vehicles manufactured during 1982-92 and crashing in Victoria or NSW during 1987-92. The results, given in the appendix, rate passenger vehicles in terms of the risk of the driver being killed or admitted to hospital when involved in a tow-away crash.

This paper also describes an investigation of the relationship between crashworthiness and year of manufacture of passenger cars sold in Australia during 1964 to 1992. These years of manufacture were of interest because a number of Australian Design Rules aimed at car occupant protection came into effect during the 1970's. The results are displayed in Figure 1 given later in this paper.

lt should be noted that none of the analysis described in this paper addresses the "aggressivity" of specific models of passenger cars, ie. the threat of injury to pedestrians or occupants of other cars in the event of a collision (Broughton 1994, U. K. Department of Transport 1995).

DATA

The crash and injury data used for the update of the crashworthiness ratings were identical in tormat to those used and described previously (Cameron et al 1992a, 1994), but also covered crashes during 1991 and 1992. The Victorian data were derived from 13,943 Transport Accident Commission claims for injury compensation by drivers of 1982-92 model cars and station wagons which crashed during 1987-92, and whose claim records could be matched with Victoria Police accident reports.

The NSW data covered 221,971 drivers of 1982-92 model light passenger vehicles involved in Police reported crashes during 1987-92 which resulted in death or injury or a vehicle being towed away. As well as cars and station wagons, the files covered four-wheel drive vehicles, passenger vans, and light commercial vehicles. Of the 221 ,971 drivers involved in tow-away crashes, 31,12 7 were injured. When the data on the injured drivers from the two States were combined, there were data on 45,070 injured drivers available for analysis.

The makes and models of the crashed vehicles manufactured during 1982-92 were derived by processes which involved matching the crash records with the State vehicle register using the registration number, and then decoding information held on the register. The processes were the same as those outlined previously (Cameron et al 1992a, 1994).

For the investigation of the relationship between crashworthiness and year of manufacture, cars manufactured prior to 1982 were also considered. For this analysis, the data covered 423,612 drivers of cars, station wagons and taxis manufactured in 1964-92 who were involved in tow-away crashes in NSW during 1987-92. The data also covered 101 ,955 drivers of these vehicles who were injured in crashes in Victoria or NSW during the same years.

-299 - ANALYSIS

OVERVIEW - The crashworthiness rating (C) is a measure of the risk of serious injury to a driver of a car when it is involved in a crash. This risk can be considered to be the product of two probabilities:

i) the probability that a driver involved in a crash is injured (injury risk), denoted by R;

ii) the probability that an injured driver is killed or admitted to hospital (injuryseverity), denoted by S.

That is R S. c = x To produce the updated crashworthiness ratings, each of the two components of the rating were obtained by logistic regression modelling techniques. Such techniques are able to simultaneously adjust for the effect of a number of factors (such as driver age and sex, number of vehicles involved, etc.) on probabilities such as the injuryrisk and injuryseverity.

LOGISTIC MODEL - The logistic model of a probability, P, is of the form:

logit(P) =In(�)1-P = ß0 + ß,X1+.„+ßi.Xk = f(X). That is, the log of the odds ratio is expressed as a linear function, f, of k associated variables, X1, i 1, . . . , k. Estimates of the parameter coefficients of the logit function, ie. the = can be obtained by maximum likelihood estimation (Hosmer & Lemeshow, ß119, 89). The extension of this model to include interaction terms is straightforward.

LOGISTIC MODELS FOR EACH COMPONENT - To obtain crashworthiness ratings reflecting vehicle factors alone, it was necessary to develop logistic models of each of the crashworthiness components separately to identify possible factors, other than vehicle design, that might have influenced the crash outcomes. This was done initially without considering the type of car in the models as the aim was to determine which other factors were most likely to have an influence across a broad spectrum of crashes.

Logistic models were obtained separately for injury risk (R) and injury severity (S) because it was likely that the various factors would have different levels of influence on these two probabilities. The factors considered during this stage of the analysis for both injury risk and injury severity were:

• sex: driver sex (male, female)

• age: driver age (�25 years; 26-59 years; �60 years)

• speedzone: speed limit at the crash location (�75 km/h; �80 km/h)

• nveh: the number of vehicles involved (one vehicle; >1 vehicle)

-300 - These variables were available in both the Victorian and NSW crash data. Other variables (eg. whether or not the vehicle collided with a fixed object) were highly correlated with these variables, or were only available from one source and their inclusion would have drastically reduced the number of cases that could have been included in the analysis.

All data were analysed using the LR procedure of the BMDP statistical package (BMDP, 1988). Estimates of the coefficients of the logit function,

= 1,„.,k, together with their associated standard errors, were obtained by maximumß;.i likelihood estimation. For both injury risk and injury severity, a stepwise procedure was used to identify which factors and their interactions made a significant contribution to these probabilities. All possible first order interactions were considered. A hierarchal structure was imposed so that if an interaction between two variables was included in the model then the corresponding main effects would also be included. The resultant logistic regression models were referred to as the "covariate" models.

ASSESSING CAR MODEL DIFFERENCES - lnjury risk and injury severity for individual vehicle models were estimated after adding a variable representing car model to the respective logistic "covariate" models. The car model variable was forced into the logistic equation and individual car model coefficients were computed to represent deviations of that car from the average.

lt was important to ensure that the logistic model adequately described the data and did not yield individual car model coefficients that were imprecise or unstable. For this reason, individual car models with small frequencies were pooled with similar car models, if appropriate, or they were excluded from the analysis. Car models were excluded if, after pooling models, either there were less than 100 involved vehicles or there were less than 30 injured drivers.

After exclusion, the regression analyses were performed on 87 individual car models (or pooled similar models). The variable representing car model was therefore categorical with 87 nominal levels. The choice of the design for the logistic model allowed the injury risk and injury severity estimates for each car model to be compared with the overall (average) rating for all models considered.

COMBINING INJURY RISK AND INJURY SEVERITY COMPONENTS - For a given model of car, j, the crashworthiness rating, was calculated as: Ci , where denotes the injury risk for car model j Ri denotes the injury severity for car model j. S1

- 301 - Each of the crashworthiness components can be thought of as a binomial probability, which is estimated by the logistic regression procedure as described above. lf we let and denote the logistic estimates of injury risk and injury S1 severity, respectively,Ri then it is straightforward to show that

and

A A 1 - 1 - 1 - A 1 - A 1 2 2 A · · Var = Var = ( ( + ( . + ( ( C.1 ) ( RS1 1. ) R n. RJ sj m. sJ Rj n. RJ S.1 sj m. sJ R1 . J 1 J J where n is the number of cars of model j used to estimate 1 �

m is the number of cars of model j used to estimate i S1 • The 95% confidence interval for the combined rate is

Because each of the two estimated crashworthiness components have been adjusted for the effect of other factors by logistic regression prior to their incorporation into the combined ratings, the resultant crashworthiness rating is also adjusted for the influence of these factors.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH YEAR OF MANUFACTURE - For this analysis, the year of manufacture of the cars, station wagons and taxis replaced the car model in the logistic modelling process. There were considerable variations across years of manufacture of the crash-involved vehicles in terms of the mix of driver ages and, to a somewhat lesser extent, of driver sex. There were also considerable variations in terms of the mix of speed zones and the crash type (number of vehicles involved). These variables were considered in the separate logistic models for injury risk and injury severity when investigating the relationship of crashworthinesswith year of manufacture.

RESULTS

ESTIMATING INJURY RISK - The logistic regression model of the injury risk component of the crashworthiness ratings of 1982-92 model vehicles was estimated from the data on 221 ,971 drivers involved in tow-away crashes in NSW. Because of missing values of some of the factors to be included in the logistic regression, analysis was performed on data relating to only 182,616 involved drivers.

Both driver sex and speedzone were significantly associated with injury risk and were included in the logistic regression as both main effects and an interaction term. No other variable or interaction term significantly improved the of the logistic model. The final "covariate" model for injury risk was fit -302 - log = -1.41 + 0.281 · sex + 0.492 · speedzone - 0.028 ·sex· speedzone (_B_1-R)

ESTIMATING INJURY SEVERITY - The injury severity component was based on 45,070 drivers of 1982-92 model vehicles who were injured in crashes in Victoria or NSW during 1987-92. Because of missing values of some of the associated crash factors, logistic regression was performed on data relating to only 33,543 injured drivers.

The analysis identified a number of important factors - driver sex, driver age, speedzone and nveh. In addition, significant interactions were found between sex and age, sex and nveh, and age and nveh. No other variable or interaction term significantly improved the fit of the logistic model. The final "covariate" model for injuryseverity was

log = -0. 93 + 0. 092 · sex - 0. 249 · age(1) + 0. 414 · age(2) + 0. 338 · speedzone (�1-S) +O. 229 · nveh + 0.117 · sex · age(1) - 0.151 · sex · age(2) - 0. 005 · age(1) · nveh

-0. 060 · age(2) · nveh - 0. 208 · speedzone · nveh

The driver age variable had three categories and so two contrasts were set up in the regression analysis to handle this variable. Age(1) refers to the comparison of drivers aged 26-59 years with those aged <26 years whereas age(2) compares older drivers (>59 years) to the 26-59 year olds.

CRASHWORTHINESS RATINGS - The crashworthiness rating for each car model was obtained by multiplying the individual injury risk and injury severity estimates. The appendix gives the crashworthiness ratings and the associated 95% confidence intervals for the 87 car models included in the analyses. The appendix also indicates the overall ranking of the crashworthiness ratings from 1 (lowest or best crashworthiness rating) to 87 (highest or worst crashworthiness rating).

Each crashworthiness rating is an estimate of the true risk of a driver being killed or admitted to hospital in a tow-away crash and, as such, each estimate has a level of uncertainty about it. This uncertainty is indicated by the confidence limits. There is 95% probability that the confidence interval will cover the true risk of serious injury (death or hospital admission) to the driver of the particular model of vehicle.

The ratings in the appendix exclude those models where the width of the confidence interval exceeded 7, or the ratio of the confidence interval width to the rating score exceeded 2.1. This second criterion was necessary because smaller confidence intervals tended to occur for the lower rating scores, but the confidence intervals were relatively wide in proportionate terms.

-303 - COMPARISONS WITH THE ALL MODEL AVERAGE RATING - The confidence limits can be used to judge whether the true risk of death or hospital admission for a driver of a specific model car involved in a tow-away crash is significantly different from the overall average for all models, ie. 2.66 per 100 involved drivers. An upper limit below the average is indicative of superior crashworthiness, whereas a lower limit above the average suggests inferior crashworthiness. Other models also have crashworthiness ratings at the low or high end of the scale, but their confidence limits overlap the all model average. Although such models may also have superior or inferior crashworthiness characteristics, the data base did not contain sufficient numbers of these models for thedata to represent scientific evidence that this is the case.

Fifteen models had ratings representing evidence of superior crashworthiness because their upper confidence limits were less than the average rating. Five of these were large cars and a further six were luxury models. Two were classified as medium cars and one was a relatively old small car. The remaining model was a commercial panel van based on one of the large passenger car models displaying superior crashworthiness. The specific models were (in order of estimated risk of serious driver injury in a crash, from lowest to highest):

• BMW 5 Series (1983-92 years of manufacture)

• Saab 900 Series (1983-92)

• Peugeot 505 (1983-92)

• Honda Accord (1986-89)

• Volvo 200 Series (1982-92)

• Toyota Crown/Cressida (1982-85)

• Honda Prelude (1983-92)

• Ford Falcon Panel Van (1982-92)

• Ford Telstar Mazda 626 (1988-91) I • Ford Falcon EA Sedan (1988-91) Holden Commodore VNNP (1988-92) Toyota Lexcen (1989-92) • I • Ford Falcon X-series Wa gon (1982-88)

• Mitsubishi Magna (1985-90)

• Ford Falcon X-series Sedan (1982-88)

• Toyota Corolla (1982-84).

Eleven models had ratings representing evidence of inferior crashworthiness because their lower confidence limits were greater than the average rating. Seven were small cars, three were light commercial vehicles, and the remaining model was a pooled family of passenger vans. The specific models were (in order of estimated risk of serious driver injury in a crash, from highest to lowest):

• Subaru Sherpa/Fiori (1989-92)

• Suzuki Mighty Boy (1985-88) Holden Carry (1985-90) Suzuki Scurry (1985-87) • I • Subaru Brumby (1982-92)

- 304 - • Daihatsu Handivan (1982-90)

• Suzuki Hatch (1982-89)

• Daihatsu Charade (1982-86) Holden Barina (1985-88) Suzuki Swift (1985-88) • I • Honda Civic (1984-87) Nissan PulsarNector (1982-86) Holden Astra (1982-86) • I • Mitsubishi passenger vans (1982-92).

CRASHWORTHINESS RELATED TO YEAR OF MANUFACTURE The analysis was performed on 423,612 drivers of 1964-92 model vehicles involv- ed in tow-away crashes in NSW, and 101 ,955 injured drivers of the same models from Victoria and NSW. The "covariate" models from this larger set of data were somewhat more complex than those obtained when crashes and injuries from the 1982-92 model vehicles were considered (see earlier results), perhaps reflecting the effects of the considerable variations in driver age and sex, speed zone at the crash location, and crash types in vehicles manufactured over the full period 1964 to 1992.

Fig. Crashworthiness by year of manufacture (with confidence limits), 1 and commencement- years of Australian Design Rules (ADRs)95% for motor vehicle safety aimed at occupant protection

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There was a general and significant improvement in vehicle crashworthiness with increasing year of manufacture over the years considered (Figure 1). Specifically however, little improvement can be seen in the years 1964 to 1969 followed by rapid improvement over the period 1970 to 1979 with a plateau from 1980 to 1985. There is some visual evidence of a decreasing trend in the period after 1985 although this trend is not statistically significant. The relatively wide confidence intervals observed on the estimates for the years of

-305 - manufacture 1964 to 1969 and 1992 are a reflection of the smaller numbers of crashes involving vehicles manufactured in these years appearing in the data.

To summarise the magnitude of the improvement in crashworthiness seen in vehicles during the 1970's, the average crashworthiness estimate for the 1980-92 year vehicles was compared with the average for those manufactured during 1964-69. This showed a 47% reduction in the risk of serious injury for drivers involved in tow-away crashes while driving the post-1979 vehicles compared with those manufactured during the 1960's.

Drivers of vehicles manufactured during 1970 to 1979 could be expected to have benefited from the commencement of a number of Australian Design Rules (ADRs) for motor vehicle safety which previous research has shown to be effective in providing occupant protection (Cameron 1987), namely:

• ADR 4 (seat belts fitted in front seats) from 1/1/69

• ADR 2 ("anti-burst" door latches and hinges) from 1/1/71

• ADR 1 OA ("energy-absorbing" steering columns) from 1/1171

• ADR 22 (head restraints) from 1/1/72

• ADR 1 OB (steering columns with limited rearward displacement) from 1/1/73

• ADR 48 (inertia reel seat belts fitted in front seats) from 1/1/75

• ADR 22A (minimum-height adjustable head restraints) from 1/1/75

• ADR 29 (side door strength) from 1/1177.

In addition, the following ADRs introduced over the same period could also be expected to have provided increased injuryprotection for drivers:

• ADR SA (seat belt anchorage points for front seats) from 1/1/69

• ADR 3 (strengthened seat anchorages) from 1/1/71

• ADR 8 (safety glass in windscreens and side windows) from 1/7/71

• ADR 11 ("padded" sun visors) from 1/1/72

• ADR 14 ("breakaway" rear vision mirrors) from 1/1/72

• ADR 21 ("padded" instrument panels) from 1/1/73

• ADR 4A (improved seat belt buckles), effective from 1/4174

• ADR 58 (improved location of seat belt anchorages) from 1/1/75

• ADR 4C (dual-sensing locking retractor inertia reel seat belts) from 1/1/76.

The years of implementation of these ADRs are shown on Figure 1 for comparison with the crashworthiness estimates for the vehicles manufactured during the 1970's. Legislation for compulsory wearing of fitted seat belts, which was introduced in all Australian States and Territories during the early 1970's, was an important adjunct to the ADRs which required the fitting of seat belts in new cars. The years after 1978 were characterised by relatively few new ADRs for occupant protection in passenger vehicles, so it is not surprising that crashworthiness appeared to plateau after 1979.

- 30 - 6 CONCLUSIONS

The expansion of the crash data base through the addition of four years crash data from NSW and two years from Victoria, and the use of an improved method of analysis, has resulted in more up-to-date, extensive and reliable estimates of the crashworthiness of individual vehicle models than those published previously. The crashworthiness ratings and their associated confidence limits have identified 26 models of passenger cars, four-wheel drive vehicles, passenger vans and light commercial vehicles which have superior or inferior crashworthiness characteristics compared with the average vehicle.

The crashworthiness of passenger cars in Australia has improved over the years of manufacturefrom 1964 to 1992. The improvements have not been regular each year and showed the greatest gains in those cars manufactured over the years 1970 to 1979 during which a number of new Australian Design Rules aimed at occupant protection took effect. There was an estimated 47% reduction in the risk of serious injury for drivers involved in tow-away crashes while driving the post-1979 vehicles compared with those manufactured during the 1960's.

The results and conclusions presented in this paper are based on a number of assumptions and qualifications. In particular it should be noted that other factors not collected in the data (eg. crash speed) may have differed between the models and across years of manufacture, and thus may have affected the results. In addition, vehicle safety was measured only in terms of the injury protection afforded to drivers occupying the cars of specific models and years of manufacture, and did not take into account the threat of injury to pedestrians or occupants of other cars.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DISCLAIMER

The work described in the first part of this paper was funded through Monash University Accident Research Centre's baseline research program, for which grants were received from Australian Road Research Board, Department of Justice, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Ltd., Transport Accident Commission, and VIC ROADS, and by a grant from the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and NRMA Ltd. Any republication of the crashworthiness ratings whether by way of summary or reproduction of the appendix tables or otherwise is prohibited unless prior written consent is obtained from the Monash University Accident Research Centre and any conditions attached to that consent are satisfied.

The work described in the second part of this paper related to crashworthiness and year of manufacture was funded by a grant from the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Ltd. No conditions have been attached to the republication of the results related solely to year of manufacture.

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- 308 - APPENDIX Crashworthlness Ratings of 1982-92 Models of Cars lnvolved In Crashes Durlng 1987-92

2.68 2.73 AU. MODEL AVERAGE 2.68 li.S Jei�Wl.iifi illl ww!'4rBt 2.60 AllMODEL AVERAGE 2.60 2.73 li�1• 11WIP.l%�ffll1wJJ.fJLm iR{$"E�� Bt mlfit.fil tlfi[Kt1Yffi&f$f.tf:l fil4t1 �ill� l.iitili\t�?±1flt,lfüi]l!tillf:l'.1s�f.%{iflitt!f8 W Toyota COROLLA 119-92 Ford FALCON EAIEB WAGON 8a-112 1.79 12 2.70 lfä o.ee Holden NOVA 119-92 2.17 23 1.40 2.IM Ford FALCON SEDAN 8a-111 15 1.43 2.44 Toyota EA 1.94 COROLLA 112-84 2.19 25 1.711 2.59 Ford FALCON EB SEDAN 1.19 91-92 17 0.72 3.29 Mazda 323 90-92 2.19 28 0.25 4.13 Holden COMMODORE VNNP 88-92 Toyota LEXCEN 2.11 89-92 18 1.74 2.49 Mitsubishi LAN CER 811-92 2.26 28 0.91 3.61 Ford FALCON X SERIES WAGON 2.15 82-88 20 1.78 2.53 Mitsubishi CORDIA 83-89 2.72 45 1.60 3.84 Mitsubishi MAG NA 85-90 2.15 21 1.85 2.48 Toyota COROLLA 115-88 2.n 47 2.34 3.20 Nissan PULSARNECTOR 118-90 Ford FALCON X SERIES SEDAN 82-88 2.11 22 1.98 2.35 Holden ASTRA 88-90 2.79 49 2.15 3.43 Nissan 2.37 SKYLINE 82-90 35 1.71 3.03 Ford LASER/METEOR 90 2.80 50 1.84 3.97 Ford LASER/METEOR 112-119 Holden COMMODORE 82-88 2.50 39 2.30 2.70 VH-VL Mazda 323 82-88 2.88 51 2.84 3.09 Holden BARINA 89-92 Suzukl 2.90 w SVVIFT 89-92 53 1.87 4.13 0 a1 :411 ;mrrllf&w11,.tt!�minmrm1w 1 11J1'nl11+a.111s1ü1 Mitsubishi COLT 2.96 CO Bif llfl 82-90 58 2.51 3.41 l Nissan PULSAR/VECTOR 87 Peugeot 505 83-92 1.23 3 0.15 2.30 Holden ASTRA 87 60 1.97 4.01 Ford TELSTAR 88-91 2.11 Mazda 628 1.15 3 88-91 14 1 .1 2.57 3.02 Holden GEMINI 112-84 81 2.49 3.54 Nissan PINTARA 89-92 Ford CORSAIR 89-92 2.12 19 1.24 3.00 Honda CMC 1111-92 3.07 62 1.68 4.48 Toyota CAMRY 87-92 Holden APOLLO 89-92 2.30 31 1.118 2.73 Holden GEMINI 115-87 3.28 65 2.33 4.23 Mttsubishl 2.32 NIMBUS 82-91 32 0.87 3.97 Hyundal EXCEL 116-92 3.29 68 2.34 4.24 Nissan STANZA 82-83 2.34 0.72 3.98 33 Honda CMC 112-83 3.33 68 1.511 5.011 Nissan PULSARNECTOR 112-88 Toyota CORONA 83-87 2.35 2.01 2.89 34 Holden AST RA 114-88 3.61 73 3.12 4.10 1800/LEONE 82-90 2.41 1.90 3.011 Subaru 38 Honda CMC 114-87 3.80 74 2.72 4.811 Mitsubishi SIGMAISCORPION 82-87 42 2.27 2.94 Dalhatsu 2.60 CHARADE 88-92 3.87 75 2.51 5.22 Nissan PINTARA 118-88 2.61 1.87 3.50 „ Ford LASER/METEOR 91-92 4.03 77 1.94 8.13 Ford TELSTAR 83-87 Holden BARINA 85-88 Mazda 629 83-88 2.72 48 2.37 3.07 Suzukl SWIFT 85-88 4.17 110 3.27 5.07 Nissan 2.71 411 BLUEBIRD 82-88 2.38 3.17 Daihatsu CHARADE 82-88 4.80 81 3.54 8.05 CAMIRA 83-89 57 2.81 3.27 Suzukl Holden 2.M HATCH 82-89 5.11 82 3.35 6.97 Mazda 8 3.17 2 82 84 1.69 4.65 Daihatsu 9 HANDIVAN 82-90 5.75 83 3.14 8.35 3.32 Nissan PRAIRIE 113-88 87 0.115 5.711 Subaru SHERPAIFIORI 89-92 6.62 87 3.73 9.51 Toyota CAMRY 83-88 4.11 78 2.43 5.79

Nissan GAZELLE 114-811 4.11 79 2.311 5.94 APPENDIX Crashworthlness Ratings of 1982-92 Models of Cars lnvolved In Crashes Durlng 1987-92

All MODEL AVERAGE 2.66 2.60 2.73 All MODEL AVERAGE 2.68 2.60 2.73 llllif.li�J.JJW�B111fftftfll�T§l � tlJ� !1!�!1il\l�tVffi. lll!ti��il&f&I� mii Hllfl�IW.�lliVftlf[til itttl�Wi�I��!l.1 1 ;11!1f.t��tJ�l ii�l @.�1i2it�f�t�i:!J1ffill�ililli1tt��t lJl�itilil� 1t 1 BMW 5 SERIES 83-82 1.12 0.08 2.18 Toyota TARAGO 113-90 2.89 52 2.12 3.67

900 83-82 1.21 2 0.00 2.44 Mitsubishi PASSENGER VANS 112-92 3.59 72 2.88 4.31 Saab 4 0.34 2.82 Honda ACCORD 116-118 ua Range 82-92 1.59 5 0.40 2:78 mJltlilb�l�tiil;IBi@i����1�1filtt1&®1W�B� ·R:rifl il�ilfil11fu� ���i�!�filflii��®.�1 it ji��t�� fil@ f���� �i&ff Rover 8 0.48 2.75 1.83 13 1.04 2.62 Votvo 700 SERIES 83-91 U1 Ford FALCON PANEL VAN 112-92 l ill�1i� Votvo 200 SERIES 82-92 1.11 7 0.82 2.30 Nissan NAVARA 116-92 2.18 24 1.24 3.11

Mercedes 200 SERIES 88-92 Ford FALCON UTE 82-92 300 SERIES 83-92 1.65 11 0.60 2.69 Nissan XFN UTE 88-92 2.27 29 1.68 2.87 Benz FAIRLANE LTD D 88-82 1.70 8 0.58 2.82 RODEO 82-92 2.59 41 1.55 3.63 Ford N & Holden Toyota CROWN/CRESSIDA 82-85 1.78 10 0.94 2.57 Nissan 720UTE 82-85 2.90 55 1.78 4.04 w PRELUDE 83-92 1.71 11 0.119 2.63 Toyota HIACE/LITEACE 82-92 2.97 59 2.37 3.58 ... Honda 0 Ford FAIRLANE LTD F 82-88 2.21 30 1.69 2.117 Holden SHUITLE 82-91 3.07 83 0.85 5.29 Z & ACCORD 82-85 2.46 1.47 3.45 Subaru BRUMBY 82-92 5.79 3.77 7.81 Honda 38 114 CARRY 85·90 Holden BMW 3 SERIES 82-92 2.13 43 1.59 3.87 Suzukl SCURRY 85-87 5.90 85 2.86 8.95

2.82 1.88 3.114 6.57 86 Mazda 829 82-90 58 Suzukl MIGHTY BOY 85-88 3.77 9.37

1.113 3.97 Toyota CELICA 112-85 2.80 5-4 Mazda RX7 112-85 3.34 88 1.41 5.26

Romeo 33 112-92 3.51 71 1.24 5.82 Alf• �-- �E.EalttWilftitrfll �Rl!l•l!:� llf�l&liilltlill

Nissan PATROL 82-92 Ford MAVERICK 1111-82 f 18 1.15 2.73 1.M Mitsubishi PAJERO 83-82 2.24 27 1.22 3.27

Toyol8 LANDCRUISER 82-92 2.47 37 1.114 3.10

Toyota 4RUNNER/HILUX 112-82 2.59 40 2.13 3.04

Daihatsu ROCKY F70/75 87-82 3.53 70 1.08 5.89

Suzukl SIERRA 112-82 3.17 78 2.82 5.12