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New Rollover Study
A new institute study indicates that roof strength definitely influences injury risk. Researchers tested SUVs in a procedure similar to what the government requires automakers to conduct to assess roof strength and then related the findings to the real-world death and injury experience of the same SUVs in single-vehicle rollover crashes. The main finding is that injury risk went down as roof strength increased.
Click "Full Article" to read the IIHS study recently released.
GM says that their goal is reducing injuriesand deaths by sensor development and occupant containment. General Motors opened a state-of-the-art rollover crash test facility, becoming the first North American automaker to integrate in-house testing for potentially deadly rollover crashes that claim 10,000 lives a year and 40% of all fatalities.
Did you know that GM is now doing repeatable rollover testing? Click "Full Article" for the full story.
Are You litigating roof crush and rollover cases? Until we rang their bell with a request for information, NHTSA had not pursued an FMVSS 201 compliance failure of the roof header on the 1999 (and related model years) Rodeos and Passports. Click "Full Article" for details.
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