Sustainability 2011/12

Vehicle Safety

Data

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  1. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 3-star or Better in Rollover NCAP
  2. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 4-star/4-star Frontal NCAP or Better
  3. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 5-star/5-star Frontal NCAP
  4. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 4-star/4-star or Better in LINCAP
  5. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 5-star/5-star or Better LINCAP
  6. IIHS Frontal Offset – Percent of Nameplates Achieving “Good” Rating
  7. Percent of Nameplates Achieving IIHS Top Safety Pick by Manufacturer
  8. U.S. Safety Recalls

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A. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 3-star or Better in Rollover NCAP

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 98 95
Toyota 100 100
GM 100 100
  • Third party rated (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has significantly changed its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), such that the results for 2011 and 2012 model year vehicles cannot be accurately compared to previous model years. For example, NHTSA has added a “rigid pole impact test” to assess side-impact safety (in addition to an existing side-impact test); implemented the use of a smaller dummy in the passenger seat in frontal and side impact tests; and made significant changes to the injury criteria. For detailed information on the new NCAP system, see www.safercar.gov, and in particular http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/toolkit/pdfs/faq.pdf (pdf, 213kb).

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B. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 4-star/4-star Frontal NCAP or Better

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 17 60
Toyota 42 54
GM 95 82
  • Third party rated (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has significantly changed its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), such that the results for 2011 and 2012 model year vehicles cannot be accurately compared to previous model years. For example, NHTSA has added a “rigid pole impact test” to assess side-impact safety (in addition to an existing side-impact test); implemented the use of a smaller dummy in the passenger seat in frontal and side impact tests; and made significant changes to the injury criteria. For detailed information on the new NCAP system, see www.safercar.gov, and in particular http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/toolkit/pdfs/faq.pdf (pdf, 213kb).

The data for the 2011MY NHTSA NCAP percentages were misstated in our last report. The corrected data are included in this graph.

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C. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 5-star/5-star Frontal NCAP

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 0 0
Toyota 0 0
GM 11 25
  • Third party rated (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has significantly changed its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), such that the results for 2011 and 2012 model year vehicles cannot be accurately compared to previous model years. For example, NHTSA has added a “rigid pole impact test” to assess side-impact safety (in addition to an existing side-impact test); implemented the use of a smaller dummy in the passenger seat in frontal and side impact tests; and made significant changes to the injury criteria. For detailed information on the new NCAP system, see www.safercar.gov, and in particular http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/toolkit/pdfs/faq.pdf (pdf, 213kb).

The data for the 2011MY NHTSA NCAP percentages were misstated in our last report. The corrected data are included in this graph.

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D. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 4-star/4-star or Better in LINCAP

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 50 73
Toyota 83 92
GM 95 96
  • Third party rated (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has significantly changed its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), such that the results for 2011 and 2012 model year vehicles cannot be accurately compared to previous model years. For example, NHTSA has added a “rigid pole impact test” to assess side-impact safety (in addition to an existing side-impact test); implemented the use of a smaller dummy in the passenger seat in frontal and side impact tests; and made significant changes to the injury criteria. For detailed information on the new NCAP system, see www.safercar.gov, and in particular http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/toolkit/pdfs/faq.pdf (pdf, 213kb).

The data for the 2011MY NHTSA LINCAP percentages were misstated in our last report. The corrected data are included in this graph.

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E. Percent of Nameplates Achieving 5-star/5-star or Better LINCAP

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 33 60
Toyota 58 77
GM 74 82
  • Third party rated (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has significantly changed its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), such that the results for 2011 and 2012 model year vehicles cannot be accurately compared to previous model years. For example, NHTSA has added a “rigid pole impact test” to assess side-impact safety (in addition to an existing side-impact test); implemented the use of a smaller dummy in the passenger seat in frontal and side impact tests; and made significant changes to the injury criteria. For detailed information on the new NCAP system, see www.safercar.gov, and in particular http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/toolkit/pdfs/faq.pdf (pdf, 213kb).

The data for the 2011MY NHTSA LINCAP percentages were misstated in our last report. The corrected data are included in this graph.

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F. IIHS Frontal Offset – Percent of Nameplates Achieving “Good” Rating

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 90 90
Toyota 95 100
GM 89 100
  • Third party rated (IIHS)
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G. Percent of Nameplates Achieving IIHS Top Safety Pick by Manufacturer

Data are for the model year noted.

Percent

  2011 2012
Ford 52 75
Toyota 52 65
GM 54 74
  • Third party rated (IIHS)
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H. U.S. Safety Recalls

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of safety recalls 11 15 10 8 7 13
Number of units 1,737,000 5,534,000 1,592,932 4,522,000 551,000 3,339,000
  • Reported to regulatory authorities (NHTSA)

Notes to Data

In 2011, three recalls involved the high volume F-Series vehicle line, accounting for 2.706 million of the total vehicles affected. One other recall, involving older Windstar minivans, accounted for 425,000 of the total vehicles recalled in 2011. Note also, last year we reported that Ford issued 7 U.S. safety recalls in 2011. That was incorrect and the actual number of U.S. safety recalls in 2011 was 9. The number of units recalled was correctly reported.

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