{"id":17307,"date":"2018-01-23T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/?p=17307"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:03:21","slug":"new-list-safest-cars-will-grow-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/safest-cars-2018","title":{"rendered":"The New List of Safest Cars is Out: It will grow During 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tIf you own one of the following 15 vehicles on this list, we have some good news. They\u2019re on the initial list of the 2018 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) survey for earning its Top Safety Pick+ new car rating. In addition, if you&#8217;re concerned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/houston-car-accident-lawyer\/neck-injury\">car injury lawsuits<\/a>, it&#8217;s important to ensure that your vehicle meets the highest safety standards to minimize the risk of accidents.<\/p><div id=\"glm-mobile-toc-box\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Small Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kia Forte sedan<\/li>\n<li>Kia Soul<\/li>\n<li>Subaru Impreza \u2013 4-door sedan<\/li>\n<li>Subaru Impreza \u2013 4-door wagon<\/li>\n<li>Subaru WRX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midsize Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subaru Legacy<\/li>\n<li>Subaru Outback<\/li>\n<li>Toyota Camry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Large Luxury Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BMW 5 series<\/li>\n<li>(Hyundai) Genesis G80<\/li>\n<li>(Hyundai) Genesis G90<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Continental<\/li>\n<li>Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midsize SUVs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyundai Santa Fe<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Santa Fe Sport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midsize luxury SUV<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mercedes-Benz GLC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But compared to the 2017 list of 71 vehicles which earned IIHS\u2019s highest \u201cTop SafetyPick +\u201d honors, why did so few vehicles earn a top rating? IIHS says that only 31 vehicles were reviewed before releasing the 2018 list in early January. So with almost half of those garnering the highest safety rating, that\u2019s not bad. The organization says it has a long way to go to review all models and may not test every variant. However, periodic updates to its 2018 list will be added throughout the year. If you or a loved one has been involved in an accident, understanding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/how-long-does-take-get-car-accident-settlement\">accident injury claim<\/a> process is crucial for seeking compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 list is the first year the IIHS established stricter guidelines on the safety of those in the front passenger seat in the event of the vehicle&#8217;s hitting a tree or pole. It is called the \u201csmall-overlap\u201d test,\u201d and in previous years small-overlap protection was reviewed only for the driver&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrivers expect their passengers, who are often family, to be protected just as well as they are,\u201d IIHS president Adrian Lund said in a statement. \u201cManufacturers have been taking this issue seriously since we first shed light on it, and we\u2019re confident that good small-overlap protection will become the norm on the passenger side, just as it has on the driver side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IIHS is also spending more energy on headlights. &#8220;If you&#8217;re having trouble seeing behind the wheel at night, it could very well be your headlights and not your eyes that are to blame,&#8221; says David Zuby, IIHS Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers\u2019 ability to see the road ahead, most importantly pedestrians, bicyclists, or obstacles, is essential. And yet, government headlight standards in laboratory tests allow a wide headlight illumination variance in actual on-road driving. When accounting for the fact that roughly half of all traffic deaths occur in the dark or in dawn\/dusk conditions, improved headlights \u2013 and narrowing those standards of measure \u2013 could lead to a profound drop in road fatalities, including potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/what-qualifies-wrongful-death\">wrongful death lawsuits<\/a>. Hence the IIHS\u2019 greater emphasis on this safety device, and its efforts to make them as \u201ceffectively neutral\u201d as possible since testing for headlights began with 2016 models.<\/p>\n<p>After several test modifications, headlights are now evaluated on a closed track after dark at the IIHS Vehicle Research Center. Once a vehicle is tested on the track, the institute\u2019s engineers compare its visibility and glare measurements to those of a hypothetical ideal headlight system. They then use a list of demerits to come up with a rating. Results for low beams receive more emphasis than high beams because drivers use them the most. A vehicle with excessive glare on any of the \u201cdriving approach\u201d samples that are measured on the IIHS closed track cannot earn a rating above \u201cmarginal\u201d (the third of five evaluation levels).<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have a question on any personal injury issue, including automobile accidents, please contact the accident and injury law office of Terry Bryant Firm for expert guidance on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/personal-injury-lawyer\">personal injury claim<\/a> by filling out our <\/em><a href=\"\/contact-us\"><em>online contact form<\/em><\/a><em> or give us a call: toll-free 1 (800) 444-5000.<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own one of the following 15 vehicles on this list, we have some good news. They\u2019re on the initial list of the 2018 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) survey for earning its Top Safety Pick+ new car rating. In addition, if you&#8217;re concerned about car injury lawsuits, it&#8217;s important to ensure that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-injury","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Choosing the Safest Cars of 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you or a family member have been injured in an automobile accident, please contact the Terry Bryant Law Firm! 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