WASHINGTON, May 17, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
(IIHS) announced the 2023-2024 Mazda CX-5 earned the highest rating
in their newest crash test.
IIHS recently updated its moderate front overlap crash test,
where 40 percent of the driver side front end of a vehicle impacts
a stationary barrier at 40 mph. The forces in this test are similar
to those in a frontal offset crash between two vehicles.
In IIHS's original version of this test, only a driver dummy was
used. In 2022, to address the need for better rear occupant
protection, a second dummy was added in the second-row seat behind
the driver. The updated evaluation incorporates advanced criteria
focused on preventing injuries to rear-seat occupants.
Along with most vehicles originally evaluated in this new,
challenging test, the 2021-2022 model year Mazda CX-5 received a
poor rating. Dedicated to continuous safety advancements and
listening to data-driven guidance from valued partners like IIHS,
Mazda quickly made improvements. Rear seat belt pretensioners and
load limiters were added not just to Mazda's CX-5, but to all new
Mazda vehicles, helping to reduce forces to belted rear occupants
in the event of a crash.
As a result, the 2023-2024 model year CX-5 has now earned a good
rating in the IIHS updated moderate front overlap test. 2024 model
year Mazda3 Sedan and Hatchback, CX-30, CX-90, and 2023-2024 model
year CX-50 earned the same top, good rating in this test earlier
this year.
"Mazda is proud to make these improvements to better protect our
customers and their passengers," said Mazda
North American President and CEO Tom
Donnelly. "We will continue to listen, learn, and evolve, as
we execute our safety vision for zero fatalities by 2040."
To learn more about advanced safety at Mazda, please visit the
MazdaUSA.com website -
https://www.mazdausa.com/why-mazda/safety.
The IIHS is an independent, non-governmental safety-testing
organization, funded by the insurance industry. For more
information, visit
https://www.iihs.org/ratings/top-safety-picks.
About Mazda North American Operations
Proudly founded in Hiroshima,
Japan, Mazda has a history of sophisticated craftsmanship
and innovation, and a purpose to enrich life-in-motion for those it
serves. By putting humans at the center of everything it does,
Mazda aspires to create uplifting experiences with our vehicles and
for people. Mazda North American Operations is headquartered
in Irvine, California, and
oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support
of Mazda vehicles in the United
States, Canada, Mexico and Colombia through
approximately 795 dealers. Operations in Canada are
managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ontario; operations in Mexico are
managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City; and
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