IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Award Goes To Five Cars

Published: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 11:54 [IST]

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an organization from the United States whose function is to set vehicle safety standards and rate them based on various parameters by performing crash tests. Some of the vehicle crash tests conducted by IIHS include moderate overlap front test, frontal offset impact test, small overlap offset test, side impact test, rollover test, rear impact and head restraint tests.

Based on how cars perform in these tests IIHS awards Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards, with the latter being awarded to cars that pass with Good scores in four out of five tests and no less than Acceptable in the fifth. Following are five cars from 2013 that have been added to the list.

2013 Honda Civic Sedan

"The Honda Civic, the first small car to earn the TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, received significant front structure upgrades to improve small overlap performance," says IIHS.

2013 Honda Civic Coupe

Same as its 4 door cousin, the two door scores Good ratings in all tests, thanks to the recent upgrade it received.

2013 Volvo XC60

A midsize luxury SUV, Volvo updated the airbag algorithm to deploy the side curtain airbag in the small overlap test.

2013 Lincoln MKZ

A mid size luxury sedan, the Lincoln MKZ has received Acceptable rating in the small overlap front test.

2013 Mazda 6

Lastly, another mid size sedan, with a reasonable price tag, the Mazda6, like the Lincoln has received Acceptable rating in the small overlap front test.