George Knighton

TORRANCE, Calif., August 13, 2009 ­

The 2010 Honda Insight EX earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 2009 TOP SAFETY PICK Award, the organization’s highest honor. The annual award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting vehicle occupants involved in front, side, and rear crashes based on ratings in IIHS tests.


“Fuel economy and safety have always been part of Honda’s DNA,” said Erik Berkman, vice president of corporate planning and logistics. “The Insight EX is a great example of an affordable vehicle that receives a high rating for safety.”

Honda operates two of the world’s most sophisticated crash test laboratories with the objective of developing the highest level of safety design and technology. The Tochigi, Japan, facility was the world’s first indoor omni-directional car-to-car crash testing facility and the Honda R&D America’s Raymond, Ohio, development center performs testing on all U.S.-developed models.

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2010 Honda Insight with Standard SAB

NHTSA
Frontal Driver: *****
Frontal Passenger: ****
Side Driver: *****
Side Rear Passenger: ****
Rollover: ****
http://www.safercar.gov/portal/site/...&model=Insight

IIHS frontal offset test: Good
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1156

IIHS side impact: Good
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1157

2010 Toyota Prius with Standard SAB

NHTSA
Frontal Driver: ****
Frontal Passenger: ****
Side Driver: *****
Side Rear Passenger: ****
Rollover: ****
http://www.safercar.gov/portal/site/...RD&model=Prius

IIHS
IIHS frontal offset test: Good
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1125

IIHS side impact: Good
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1130