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Such a crash wouldn't tell you that much, also you would need to do 50 with various angles to have a definitive winner (of course it should be new one). What i
by jajko 2y ago
Such a crash wouldn't tell you that much, also you would need to do 50 with various angles to have a definitive winner (of course it should be new one).
What is being done are standardized crash testings, so same environment, same speed, same obstacle, different results for each model. Even that us reduced to 0-5 stars for cateogry, no finer granularity. That's as much scientific as anybody is willing to do. I still don't consider it great since slight difference could mean very different outcomes, but for some reason manufacturers are not willing to part with 500 cars with various equipment mix to test them from all angles, speed and so on.
- nradov 2y agoWe can see some of that in IIHS driver death rate data. Of course it's just observational data and not a controlled experiment; for example, an affluent person who buys a Mercedes-Benz E-Class is probably going to drive more carefully than a "credit criminal" who buys a Nissan Altima. But you can see some general trends from real world crashes involving a lot of different speeds and angles. https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-model https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-...
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoYou rock! This is very helpful, though as you point out it's difficult to separate higher death rates from the fact that certain driver types are drawn to certain cars. One notable example: Honda Civic 49 (29-69) 47 (28-65) 2019-20 Honda Civic hatchback 78 (26-130) 20 (0-44) 2019-20 I'd like to know what's happening with the data there that a small tweak in the model with almost no structural changes has a higher death rate. Maybe down to a lower sample (fewer sales of the hatchback) of more dangerous drivers