| Which cars are the safest cars in the United | | | | |
| States, you may wonder. Is it BMW, Ford, | | | | |
| Chevy? As far as car security matters, only | | | | |
| eight of the 2004 model cars on the market | | | | The frontal offset crash test structure |
| have earned perfect scores in crash tests | | | | safety cage |
| conducted by the U.S. Department of | | | | |
| Transportation's National Highway Traffic | | | | head/neck injury measures |
| Safety | | | | |
| | | | chest injury measures |
| Administration (NHTSA) or the Insurance | | | | |
| Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).Here are | | | | left and right leg/foot injury measures |
| the criterias: To pass the auto security | | | | |
| test, the vehicle had to get perfect marks in | | | | restraints/dummy kinematics |
| all of the following categories: | | | | |
| | | | |
| five-star ratings--the highest available--in | | | | |
| NHTSA's frontal and side vehicle crash | | | | ratings of "good" for head restraint design |
| testsfive-star rollover resistance ratings | | | | and the performance of bumpers in low-speed |
| | | | auto crash tests. |
| orratings of "good," (highest available), | | | | |
| which includes an overall | | | | Side impact auto crash tests were also |
| | | | conducted for all vehicle brands but no car |
| rating,plus individual ratings in the | | | | received perfect marks in those tests. |
| following categories: | | | | |