The Honda Civic started out 2016 with a bang! The beloved 2016 Honda Civic sedan has been awarded Top Safety Pick + honors from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. To get the award, the Civic had to meet IIHS’ latest requirement, scoring the organization’s best possible score in all five of its crash tests – front, side, rear, rollover, and the difficult small-overlap – to be eligible for the safety honor.
To get the TSP+ honor, a vehicle’s crash prevention technology needs to earn least two points on the IIHS’ scale. However, the Civic blew the tests out of the water and scored the maximum six points to get “superior” scores for their optional crash prevention technologies. This is because they avoided collisions at up to 25 miles per hour!
The IIHS’ top rating of the new Civic includes a superior rating for frontal crash prevention when equipped with Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS), part of the Honda Sensing suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies. This Honda Sensing suite is available as a standalone option on LX, EX, EX-T and EX-L trims and is offered as standard equipment on the Touring trim.
It’s no secret that Honda has a long history of leadership in the development and application of advanced safety technologies. This tech is designed to enhance the safety of all road users, not only the passengers in the vehicle, but also other automobile occupants, motorcycle riders, bicycle cyclers, and pedestrians. Honda runs two of the most sophisticated crash test facilities in the world – one located in Ohio and the other in Japan. Honda uses these facilities for pioneering efforts in airbag technology, collision technology, crash tests, and pedestrian safety.
We already knew that the Honda Civic sedan was a safe car, but now we have proof with the 2016 Top Safety Pick + award from the IIHS. If you are in the market for a reliable, SAFE car, then look no further than Brannon Honda!
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