INSURANCE LOSSES, COLLISION COVERAGES. A COMPARISON OF THE COLLISION LOSS EXPERIENCE OF SUBARU MODELS WITH 5 AND 2.5 MPH BUMPERS
This report compares the collision coverage loss experience of 1981 and 1982 model year Subaru two-wheel drive cars with 5 mph bumpers and four-wheel drive cars with 2.5 mph bumpers. The 2.5 mph bumpers have been permitted because the four-wheel drive Subarus are classified as multi-purpose passenger vehicles and as such are not required to meet the federal bumper standards. In order to eliminate biases that might be introduced by different exposure patterns associated with the different vehicle drive systems, for a number of the comparisons, the cars compared were matched by garaging location. In others, separate results were obtained for winter and non-winter months.
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Corporate Authors:
1005 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA United States 22201 - Publication Date: 1983-4
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Tables;
- Pagination: 15 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automobile insurance; Bumpers; Crash exposure; Four wheel drive; Liability insurance; Losses; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure
- Old TRIS Terms: Multiple purpose vehicles
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00380681
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HLDI A-20 Res Rpt., HS-035 294
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM