ARLINGTON, VA — Results of crash tests for six SUVs show frontal crash protection has improved. However, the tests reveal significant differences in how well SUVs protect people in serious side crashes. Among the worst performers in the side test are the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chevrolet TrailBlazer, even though both are equipped with standard side airbags. The front and side tests recently were conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to evaluate how well midsize SUVs protect people in the two most common kinds of serious crashes. Rear crash protection ratings for these models were released earlier this year.
To view the rest of the above quoted IIHS press release, please click on: http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr101107.html?id=826
Video link for midsize SUV crash tests (if this doesn't load, please click the link for the above press release page, then click on the accompanying "video" link to launch the video ): http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr101107.html?id=826#
.pdf version of IIHS press release and details of the SUV crash ratings:
http://www.iihs.org/news/2007/iihs_news_101107.pdf