Eyewitness NewsWASHINGTON (WABC) -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is reporting on new crash tests for a group of 18 midsize family cars. The testing checks how the cars do when just the front corner hits another vehicle or a roadside object, like a tree or pole.
Two cars, the Honda Accord and Suzuki Kizashi earned good ratings, while 11 models were in the acceptable range. But two cars from Toyota were rated poor. Those were the Camry and the Prius V, which sustained major structural deformation in the test.
As a group, the midsize family cars outperformed the midsize luxury cars tested earlier.
The Institute implemented the new tests after research showed that about a quarter of serious injuries and deaths in frontal crashes occur in these small overlap impacts.
CLICK HERE to read the full report from the IIHS.
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