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Which cars are the safest cars in the United States, you may wonder. Is it BMW, Ford, Chevy? What Car Safety, only eight of the 2004 models on the market have perfect results in crash tests by the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) and the Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

Here are the criteria: To view the automatic verification of safety, the vehicle had to perfect in all of the following categories:

* Five-star ratings - the highest - in the NHTSA frontal and side vehicle crash tests
* Five-star rollover resistance ratings

or

* Ratings of "good", "(highest), representing an overall rating and individual ratings in the following categories:


* The frontal offset crash test structure / safety cage
* Head and neck injury measures
* Chest injury measures
* Left and right leg / foot injury measures
* Restrictions / dummy kinematics



* Ratings of "good" for head restraint design and performance of bumpers in low-speed car crash tests.

Side impact car crash tests were also included in all vehicle brands, but no car received perfect marks in these tests.

According to automotive experts, vehicle crash tests are still the best and most objective method for determining the cars really are the safest. And this does not necessarily mean vehicles equipped with the latest technology. The difference between a good car-crash-test rating and a poor
is considerable:

* A five-star rating is a chance of serious injury of 10% or less in a car accident at 35 mph> / li>
* One star rating is a chance of 46% or more.

The list allows you to amaze. Here are the 8 safest cars in the U.S. in 2004:

* Audi A4
* Ford Crown Victoria
* Lincoln Town Car
* Mercury Grand Marquis
* Mercury Marauder
* Toyota Corolla
* Volkswagen New Beetle
* Volvo S80


Terje Brooks Ellingsen is a writer and internet publisher. He runs the website cheap-used-cars.w-eland.com Terje gives advice and helps people with issues such as the automotive industry to find car parts online and Auto Owners Insurance