New NHTSA Crash Test Results for Model Year 2000 Passenger Cars Now Available on World Wide Web

27 December 1999
New NHTSA Crash Test Results for Model Year 2000 Passenger Cars Now Available on World Wide Web
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 27  -- The U.S. Department of
Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today
announced that it has released front and side crash test results for two
additional model year 2000 vehicles and posted them on the World Wide Web at
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ncap.
    The results show safety ratings for frontal impact crashes for the model
year 2000 Honda Accord four-door and the Saturn LS four-door. The Web site
also includes the results for side-impact crash tests involving the same two
makes and models.
    The 2000 Honda Accord received a frontal rating of four stars on the
driver's side and four stars on the passenger's side. The 2000 Saturn LS
received a frontal rating of four stars on the driver's side and four stars on
the passenger's side.
    The 2000 Honda Accord received a side rating of four stars in the front
and five stars in the rear seat. The 2000 Saturn LS received a side rating of
two stars in the front seat and four stars in the rear seat.
    These new test results are in addition to results for many vehicles tested
previously that remain valid because auto manufacturers are selling the same
or essentially the same vehicles in model year 2000. Including the two ratings
released today, the NHTSA World Wide Web site now provides frontal impact
safety information on a total of 80 model year 2000 vehicles, and side-impact
safety information, on 79 model year 2000 vehicles.
    For both frontal and side impact, the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)
reports crash test results in a range of one to five stars, with five stars
showing the best crash protection. Frontal tests should be compared only among
vehicles within the same weight class.
    A fact sheet, containing explanatory information and tables showing NCAP
crash tests results for model year 2000 vehicles, is available by calling the
NHTSA Office of Public and Consumer Affairs, 202-366-9550; the Auto Safety
Hotline, 1-800-DASH-2-DOT (1-989-327-4236); or by writing to NHTSA Public
Affairs, Room 5232, 400 Seventh St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.

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