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The ratings cover four of the most common kinds of crashes—front, side, rollover and rear. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s findings indicate that automakers have made roof improvements. Less-than-perfect rollover ratings held back many contenders last year, but the number climbed, as manufacturers redesigned roofs to make them stronger.
“Vehicles rated good for rollover protection have roofs more than twice as strong as the current federal standard requires,” the Institute said. “Such roofs reduce the risk of serious and fatal injury in single-vehicle rollovers by about 50 percent compared with roofs meeting the minimum requirement. A new federal standard for roof strength will phase in beginning with 2013 models.”
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