The results of crash tests of children's car seats. What is the crash test? Adac testing system

It is so, even though many of the listed machines received good safety stars on the results of EURONCAP crash tests. The fact is that the European methodology does not provide for tests on a number of parameters. But the American IIHS takes into account them. At the same time, to say unequivocally, which of the approaches to the crash tests is tougher - European or overseas is impossible. Simply, if you seriously think about the life and health of yourself your beloved and passengers, before buying a car, you need to check with both standards. But today, let's "check" with what is accepted in the United States.

Cut in a pillar

At first about the "outsiders" mentioned above. The anti-advertising of its experimental in IIHS is not made and the antirents do not make up, so the data on cars that have passed the tests do not in the best way, you have to look for in the scattered press releases. In particular, this spring institution experienced a number of crossovers for a blow with a small overlap of 25% and three cars from nine were estimated "Poor" ("Bad"): Honda Pilot, Kia Sorento and Mazda CX-9.

Summary "Good" ("Good") earned only Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain unintended in Russia. It should be said here that in IIhs they moved away from the "star" system and called the ratings of understandable consumer with the names: "Good" ("Good"), "Acceptable" ("acceptable"), "Marginal" ("On the Edge") and Poor ( "Bad").

In winter, the urban "kids" took the same test. Here the picture came out even less iris. Nobody won the rating of "Good", but the estimate "acceptable" got a popular Chevrolet Spark in Russia.

By the way, Hyundai Accent (known for us as Solaris) earned one of the worst results with Fiat 500 and Toyota Prius. Bestseller, including our market, - Toyota Corolla - In October 2013, earned a very modest assessment of the "face" in the dough with a small overlap. What, however, does not prevent the model to remain popular.

But what is this standard such - frontal tests with small 25 percent overlap? It simulates the conditions for the slope of a solid subject: a pillar or tree. And we need to know that the destruction of the car in the accident with a small overlap is obtained much stronger than from the blow of the wall, since the impact force is concentrated on a certain percentage of the width of the front part, and not throughout its area.

The crash tests on this protocol are carried out at a speed of 64 km / h (agree, everything is very relevant). When the test in 2012 was only introduced, an average of 80% of the test cars failed, earning a "bad" rating. With the mass introduction of side pillows, the situation has changed. For example, in 2005, Mitsubishi Lancer IX received a "bad" assessment, and its follower of Lancer X in 2008 - "good", that is, the highest.

By the way, the Americans began in 1995 from a protocol that simulates the collision of the vehicle at a speed of up to 64 km / h with a deformable barrier with a 40 percent overlap. What is very similar to a typical frontal collision. And at first test results IIHS looked very shocking.

For example, Minivan Chevrolet Venture, which took four out of five NCAP stars, on a new technique in 1997 earned the "bad" rating. Similar history has happened with Ford F-150. And if you compare cars with "Poor" and "good" ratings, then the driver of the latter is 46% less chances to die with a frontal collision with 40 percent overlap, claim to IIHS!

From the car sold in Russia, this test with the mark "Good" in 2014 passed Ford Edge, Toyota Venza, Toyota Camry, Nissan Rogue (Qashqai), Nissan Altima (Teana), Ford Explorer, Ford Kuga, Jeep Cherokee, Mitsubishi Outlander , Toyota Highlander.

A bit of history

In general, in America there are current standards for crash tests - two. The oldest is NCAP itself (New Car Asssessment Program). The Americans in this business were pioneers and the first crash tests according to the NCAP standard took place in 1979 - cars beat about a solid barrier with 100% overlap at a speed of 35 miles per hour (56 km / h).

But the test similar to imitation of the imitation of the wall is sufficiently theoretical character, since such accidents almost never occur. That is why the consumer is more relevant to the standard IIHS (Abbreviation Insurance Institute For Highway Safety - Insurance Institute of Road Safety).

Get in bochine and turn it over!

And IIHS conducts tests with blows in the car. A trolley with a deformable aluminum cube beats the car at a speed of 50 km / h, and in the cabin at this time "sit" mannequins of a man-driver in front and a female passenger from behind. And as for the side impact, the probability of death in cars, which received in this discipline, "good" estimate is 70% lower than in "bad". Perhaps, such statistics of specialists IIHS is even more visually than stars and ratings ... This year, the "good worshi" became Ford Edge, Toyota Venza, Toyota Camry, Nissan Rogue (Qashqai), Nissan Altima (Teana), Ford Explorer, Ford Kuga, Jeep Cherokee, Mitsubishi Outlander, Toyota Highlander.

Since about 25% of deaths in the accident in America occurs as a result of tipping (Russian data there is no such kind), since 2009, the IIHS technique includes measuring the rigidity of the roof. For this side, to the edge of the roof, the rigid metal plate slowly presses on the car. To get the rating "Good", the roof must withstand more greater weight than its own oven weight of the car before it is sold inside by 12.7 centimeters (5 inches). The models who received the four strike in the side were made here with the same assessment.

Together with frontal blows IIHS conducts and research the shape of the head restraints. Initially, 82% of cars were evaluated by "bad" - many head restraints were not high or the form of them did not contribute to the protection of the neck injuries. In the early 2000s, the test was added at low speed into the back of the car to simulate the "cork" accident, quite typical of large cities.

But the Americans went even further. Since 2013 IIhs decided to examine the cars not only for passive, but also active safety. Cars with automatic braking system (as, say, City Safety in Volvo) are tested for a slowdown in front of a vehicle with a speed of 12 and 25 miles per hour (20 and 40 km / h). As in the case of crash tests, estimates for the passage of "active" tests of cars are not set as stars, but in the form of gradations ranking with names: "Superior" ("Higher"), "Advanced" ("Advanced") and " Basic »(" Basic "). To get the "highest" rating, you must successfully go through both tests. For an "advanced" rating, it is enough to slow down at least 5 miles per hour (8 km / h). Well, if the machine is equipped only by the signaling device of a dangerous rapprochement, then it gets a "basic" rating.

They keep kick

Each year IIHS releases a list of cars that have received top-end safety assessments, and assigns them TSP title (Top Safety Pick - the best security choice) or TSP +. To become "simply" TSP, it is necessary to obtain "good" estimates in the test with 40 percent overlap, the test of the side blow, as well as the dough on the rigidity of the roof and the success of the head restraints. Assessment in the test with 25 percent overlap is not taken into account. TSP with a sign plus get models that earned the rating "good" in any four of five tests IIHS, and in the fifth - no less "acceptable".

When drawing up ratings, the class of the car and the institute always reminds that to compare the large crossover with the city hatchback can not be equal, since the car is greater in size and weight, the default is safer than the smaller. Therefore, TSP and TSP + titles are distributed by classes.

Since IIHS awards for good security in 2013 received more than 150 models, we will not list everything. We note only those cars that they took the TSP + bar and at the same time are presented on the Russian market.

Among the "small" machines (Small Cars, on American classification), the winners of Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, and Subaru Impreza. In the class "Medium" - Volvo S60, Kia Optima, Mazda6, Subaru Legacy, Volkswagen Passat and Suzuki Kizashi.

Among small crossovers are leading Subaru XV, Subaru Forester, Subaru Outback and Mitsubishi Outlander.

The representative sedans of TSP + awards did not earn (!), And among middle crossovers distinguished Mercedes-Benz M-Klasse, Volvo XC60 and Volvo XC90.

End of variety?

Agree, unexpected results for you, really able to influence the choice of the machine. This is also understood by automakers. And their efforts are the tests according to the IIHS technique live, perhaps the last days. In the fall of 2013, GM, Toyota and Volkswagen were initiated by the creation of a single testing technique, which would unite the most stringent standards on both sides of the ocean, so that the same models did not need to beat several times, confusing the buyer.

The proposal is not deprived of meaning, because the endurance of the purely European cars in the role of "fluttering" and shocks with a small overlap, as well as the degree of friendliness of American cars to pedestrians (such tests - "chip" Euro NCAP), while you can only guess. What do not say, and in some aspects from globalization - only solid benefits.

Such tests annually conduct special organizations to help parents pick up the best car seats among the market and stimulating manufacturers to improve their products. Rating 2018 and 2019 is presented below.

Crash tests, or safety tests

For parents to choose the best holding device, first manufacturers, and then independent experts carry out a complex of serious tests that are called crash tests. They are carried out in specially equipped laboratories.

For the ranking of children's car seat and the level of comfort, you can use the information from the following organizations:

• Adac- Car club from the German city of Lanberg, every year evaluates child retaining devices in several parameters;
• Anwb. - Association of motorists from the Netherlands, its tests and the principle of assessing car chairs resemble the tests of the previous organization;
• TCS. - Club of motorists from Switzerland, produces evaluation in two characteristics: reliability and ease of use;
• Warenst. - Magazine from Germany, regularly conducting car chairs together with ADAC, evaluates reliability and comfort during operation;
• Racc.- the club of motorists from Spain, evaluates the quality of holding devices according to the same parameters as ADAC;
• Autoliitto. - Car club from Finland, evaluates practically the same principles and characteristics as the German ADAC;
• Omitc. - Organization of motorists from Austria, conducts testing for similar to ADAC characteristics.

Domestic motorists can also pay attention to the test results presented in the popular Russian publication "Autores". On tests, experts pay attention to the protection of body parts and comfort during operation.

Adac testing system

Perhaps the most authoritative organization of the list presented above is German ADAC. This abbreviation is decoded as follows - Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (General German motorists' club).

The tests of the ADAC organization are considered more harsh, rather than those that hold the manufacturers themselves to obtain a mandatory security certificate.

Twice a year (usually in May and October), the organization's experts acquire popular models in the German market and evaluate them according to several parameters, among them:

• reliability;
• comfort;
• convenience of operation;
• ecology.

To determine which child car seat is most safe, mannequins are used, "playing" the role of children of different ages. For testing one model, 6 - 8 copies are usually acquired.

Such an impressive amount of products is required in order to check all possible options for emergencies with the participation of a small passenger.

Each "Taranit" holding device with two "experimental" different ages. Also check different positions (sleep and recreation) and types of fastening to the car body. In addition, all car chairs are checked for resistance to frontal and lateral damage.

Mannequins are equipped with numerous sensors that fix loads with a simulated road accident. So, the front blow implies an accident at a speed of 64 kilometers per hour, with lateral damage, the speed is 50 km / h.

Every year the test system is becoming increasingly perfect, so it is difficult to compare the level of safety model, tested in 2017, and the best car seats, for example, 2012.

Many European automotive organizations, magazines and independent laboratories cooperate with ADAC, publishing the results of tests on Internet resources and in printed publications. However, their results may differ from the original, since the calculation techniques are different.

Rating of children's car seats based on the results of crash tests of 2018 (new!)

1st place: Britax Römer SwingFix i-Size

Total rating: "OK"

Car chair - favorite for the safe transportation of children in 2018, according to expert estimates. It can be used from the first days of life and up to four years (up to 105 cm). An important feature is an installation exclusively against the TC movement during the entire period of operation of the device. It enhances safety, but prevents a tearing child to enjoy the trip.

Swingfix i-Size turns on the side of both doors of the car, which greatly facilitates the landing and landing of the baby. The "Isofix" system and the adjustable "foot" reliably secure the holding device in the cabin. But the installation using copyright manufacturers is not provided.

The only explicit minus of the product is a very high cost. In addition, at the time of writing the article, this item was not supplied to Russia.

2nd place: Maxi-Cosi Rock

Total rating: "OK"

Comfortable and reliable transportation corresponding to updated security criteria - I-Size (ECE129). It will come up with crumbs until 12 months of age. For newborn, manufacturers have provided a special anatomical tab, which guarantees the competent horizontal position of the child.

Maxi-Cosi Rock showed good results in ADAC tests. True, higher rates were achieved when checking a car seat with the Family One I-Size base station (acquired separately), which allows you to more reliably mount the device in the cabin. The standard installation is made using copyright.

3 place: Kiddy Evoluna I-Size 2

Total rating: "OK"

Transportation of category 0+ passed the test in 2018 and received the most positive feedback. Experts note excellent security (especially in lateral jolts), error-free installation, comfortable for the baby due to the spacious sun bed. The child will feel comfort in such a carriage even in the winter overalls.

The design is mounted against the vehicle movement solely using the Kiddy Isofix Base 2 base station, which is included in the set. This base includes fastenings "Isofix" and a special "foot", providing accelerated and reliable fixation. Installation by regular copiers is not provided.

4th place: Britax Römer Baby-Safe 2 I-Size

Total rating: "OK"

Car cradle meets the most stringent European standards and is intended for kids with a growing less than 83 centimeters. Manufacturers took care of the comfort of newborns, equipping the restraining device with a special removable liner. SICT special technology increases the safety of a young passenger, protecting it from lateral and frontal blows.

The retaining device is mounted by the face against the movement of the car and is attached using a standard mature. Another installation method - with a special base base, which is fixed by the fasteners of the "Isofix" base. The passenger in the car seat is fastened by internal 5-point belts.

5th place: Joie Trave

Total rating: "OK"

The car chairs related to category 2-3 was manufactured and tested in 2018. Tests conducted by ADAC specialists confirmed the highest level of product safety, especially when hitting the side. Among the advantages - comfort for the child, which provides, in particular, adjust the depth of the bed and height of the bottom.

The design is mounted in the direction of vehicle vehicle. Different with a two-stage fastening system: with the help of the autonore and the Baza "Isofix". The passenger in carriage is fastened by a regular machine strap. Among the minuses, you can mark some bulky that somewhat complicates the installation of the device in compact vehicles.

6th place: Besafe Izi Flex Fix

Total rating: "OK"

This product is intended for more adult children - up to 12 years of age. The model is characterized by a high degree of reliability, there are protective pillows, knobs in shoulders and on bemps to fix the correct position of the autorem. By tilting the back and removing the side protecting elements, you can accommodate Besafe Izi Flex Fix to almost any car.

Transportation is mounted in the direction of vehicle movement. Fasten with the help of "Isofix" guides and a standard mature. The child inside the retaining device also records.

7th place: Nuna AACE

Total rating: "OK"

Transportation is made specifically for the older age category - 4-12-year-old children. Mounted face to move the car. Fucked by a standard 3-point machine strap. It is possible to additionally fix the seat with the help of the "Isofix" guides (only in certain cars).

The tests conducted by ADAC experts showed that double fixation allows to increase the side stability of the car seat and prevent its tipping over sharp turns. However, this does not affect the protection in case of an emergency.

8th place: Joie Traver Shield

Total rating: "OK"

Car chairs for 1/2/3 age category - New 2018. In the same year, a test was conducted, according to the results of which the device received a general assessment of "good". Tests showed a very high reliability of the design with a side collision, and with a frontal blow, not everything is so cloudless.

Specialists also celebrate the simplicity of installation in the automotive salon and the ease of fixing the child. Among the minuses include the bulkness of transportation and impressive dimensions. This factor must be taken into account by the owners of compact vehicles.

9th place: Recaro Monza Nova Evo Seatfix

Total rating: "OK"

Excellent transportation for kids from 4 years, equipped with crepes "Isofix". As a result, the chair is attached to both a regular machine strap and ISOFIX regulators, which increases lateral stability and warns overturning when turning and reversal. To further increase the resistance of the seat, you need to remove the headrest of the machine.

A child in a car seat is fixed by a standard vehicle belt. The waist sector of the strap is carried out under the armrests, and the chest - through a special fastener in the headrest. A simplified version (without "isofix") is usually used in the case of a temporary installation in a machine that is not equipped with special ISOFIX brackets.

10th place: Maxi-Cosi Pearl One + FamilyFix One I-Size

Total rating: "OK"

Another successful model from the popular manufacturer of road transport. It is intended for the kids growing up to 105 centimeters (this is from about six months to 4 years of age). Numerous certificates confirm the protective qualities of this product, as well as the high level of the materials used.

Transportation is installed with spin to the direction of movement of the vehicle using the Izofix brackets and the added "leg" to the floor. The use of standard copiers is not provided that you should remember the owners of old cars.

Maxi-Cosi Pearl One

Rating Car seat on the results of crash tests 2017

Our list of the safest and most comfortable car seats for children created based on the results of ADAC crash tests and other European independent expert organizations have entered the products that showed the highest performance in all basic parameters.

All of them fully comply with the strictest standards of the unified European standard ECE R 44/04, that is, they are a safe product for the most vulnerable category of consumers - small children.

1st place: Kiddy Evo-Luna I-Size (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "excellent"

Holding device of the category "0+" is intended for the child from the first days of life and up to 15 months (or up to 13 kilograms).

According to most European experts, Kiddy Evo-Luna I-Size (ISOFIX) is the best car seat of 2016, which is characterized by the highest reliability.

This autolo, for newborns, collects reviews exclusively positive, and from both specialists and motorists. The device can be translated into a supreme position to provide a small passenger with the highest safety and comfort.

This allows the child of the first months of life to be in a car chair in a horizontal position natural for its age at long trips.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Kiddy Evo-Luna I-Size

Car seat prices Kiddy Evo-Luna I-Size

Prices for this model in Russia in most children's online stores exceed 30,000 rubles.

Kiddy Evo-Luna I-Size

2nd place: Cybex Aton Q i-Size

Total rating: "OK"

Another safe and comfortable car seat of the "0+" group, intended for the most young travelers - an increase from 45 to 75 centimeters and a body weight to 13 kilograms. Installed against the direction of movement.

The device is designed with the assistance of orthopedic doctors and neonatologists specifically for the most convenient movement of newborns or premature babies.

The convenient slope of the body allows the child to lie anatomically correctly, which reduces the risk of suffocation.

Advantages and disadvantages of Cybex Aton Q I-Size

Cybex Aton Q I-Size car seat prices

In children's online stores in Russia, this model is offered at a price of 13,700 to 20,600 rubles.

3 place: Joie I-GEMM (I-Size)

Total rating: "OK"

This is a slight and secure holding device that meets the latest European standards.

The car chair belongs to the category "0+" and is intended for transportation of kids from the first days of life and up to one and a half years (body weight up to 13 kilograms).

The retaining device is installed in the machine against the movement movement and fix either using standard copier, or by installing the Isofix platform purchased separately by separately the platform - Joie I-Base Advance.

A car seat with ease is installed on the chassis of the pleasure wheelchairs of the same company without the use of adapters. It is also possible to mount the device based on wheelchairs of other manufacturers using special adapters.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Chairs Joie I-GEMM (I-Size)

4th place: Kiddy PHOENIXFIX 3 (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "OK"

One of the best representatives of the 1st group of children's retaining devices. It should be chosen for the child from 9 to 18 kilograms (from about a year to 4 years).

The car seat is installed in the direction of movement and fasten in two ways: standard machine strap or using the isofix system. The baby is fixed by a vehicle with a safety desk.

The chair is distinguished by good orthopedic qualities that contribute to the formation of good posture and prevent the occurrence of overwork with long automobile travel.

Advantages and disadvantages of Kiddy PhoenixFix 3 (ISOFIX)

Prices for the chair Kiddy PHOENIXFIX 3

Kiddy PhoenixFix 3.

5th place: Joie i-Gemm + i-Base (ISOFIX + I-SIZE)

Total rating: "OK"

Like the Joie I-GEMM (I-Size) seat, this model of the group "0+" is intended for kids to one and a half years and an increase of 40 to 85 centimeters.

The main difference of this device is the presence of basic fastening of isofix, which significantly expands the possibilities of the automotive chairs.

Install the retaining device against the movement of the machine using the ISOFIX system or fasten with a three-point vehicle seat belt.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Chairs Joie I-GEMM + I-BASE (ISOFIX + I-SIZE)

Joie i-Gemm + i-Base

6th place: Besafe Izi Go Modular I-Size

Total rating: "OK"

Easy and very safe baby car seat Category "0+", specially designed for kids up to a year, whose body does not exceed 13 kilograms.

Manufacturers performed an egg-shaped detergent to ensure maximum security and convenience of the child from the first days of life. Installed the product against the direction of the car.

In addition to the immediate use of the seat as a car chair, Besafe Izi Go Modular I-Size can be installed on the wheelchair chassis. A comfortable walk will also provide a built-in canopy, protecting the crumb from the rays of the sun.

Advantages and disadvantages of Beesafe Izi Go Modular IZI GO MODULAR I-SIZE

7th place: Concord Reverso Plus (I-Size + Isofix)

Total rating: "OK"

This holding device belongs to the class "0 + / 1" and is intended for children from birth and up to approximately 3.5 years (up to 23 kg and up to 105 cm, if we talk about physical parameters).

Install Concord Reverso Plus against the direction of motion and fasten with the help of the isofix system and an additional telescopic stop in the floor.

To understand whether manipulations were successfully completed, it is enough to look at special indicators: green - the correct installation.

For newborns and babies there are special inserts that provide an anatomically loyal position. As soon as the weight of the child's body reaches 10 kilograms, the liners are cleaned to increase the space.

Advantages and disadvantages of CONCORD REVERSO PLUS (I-SIZE + ISOFIX)

Concord Reverso Plus.

8th place: BRITAX RÖMER KIDFIX II XP SICT (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "OK"

The holding device of the popular German-English manufacturer corresponds to the category "2 - 3" and is intended for small passengers from 4 to 12 years (15 - 36 kilograms).

The seat is installed in the course of the movement using the isofix system. A child is held with the help of reliable three-point straps. The car seat is equipped with special indicators that demonstrate the correctness of the attachment.

Special protective systems ensure the safety of the child with frontal and lateral collisions. Headrest and back are easily adjustable, which allows you to give the most convenient position for the young traveler.

Advantages and disadvantages of Britax Römer Kidfix II XP SICT (ISOFIX)

Prices

Additionally, examine overview 20 car chairs, which describes the most popular models of this brand.

BRITAX RÖMER KIDFIX II XP SICT

9th place: Joie Duallo (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "Good"

This is a new development of the English Joie manufacturer, related to the category "2 - 3" and intended for children from 4 to 12 years (from 15 to 36 kilograms).

Set the retaining device in the direction of the car movement. Fasten the chair using a standard machine strap and isofix system.

The kid in the car seat is fixed with the help of a regular auto.

The product has optimal protection systems from lateral loads and frontal shocks. For the convenience of a small passenger, the head restraints can be given any position, it is also possible to adjust the width and depth of the seat.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Chairs Joie Duallo (ISOFIX)

10th place: Maxi Cosi Rodifix AirProtect (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "OK"

According to experts, this retaining device is one of the most convenient and ergonomic chairs of category "2 - 3". This product is intended for children 4 - 12 years old (from 15 to 36 kilograms).

The main "highlight" of this protective device is gel liners in the head restraint, providing maximum comfort and additionally quenching lateral blows.

The product is installed along the movement of the vehicle and attach to the body of the machine or using the isofex platform or with the help of regular car straps. The child itself is fixed by a standard vehicle belt.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Maxi Cosi RodiFix AirProtect Chairs (ISOFIX)

Price Maxi Cosi Rodifix AirProtect

MAXI COSI RODIFIX AirProtect

11th place: Maxi Cosi Citi

Total rating: "OK"

Very easy and convenient retaining device related to the "0+" group and developed for kids from birth to the achievement of 15 months of age.

Install the autolo against the direction of movement and fix the standard car belt. The baby is fastened with internal three-point straps. This product can be used in airplanes.

Special inserts for newborns reduce the load on the vertebral pillar and provide an anatomically verified horizontal position. There is a small compartment for toys and children's clothing in the device.

Advantages and disadvantages of Chairs Maxi Cosi Citi

Prices on Maxi-Cosi Citi

This model is presented in many online stores of Russia and Europe.

12th place: Recaro Optiafix (ISOFIX)

Total rating: "OK"

A good representative of children's retaining devices of Group 1, designed for a convenient and safe travel of children from up to 4 years (body weight 9 - 18 kilograms).

Mount the car chair in the direction of movement, fixed with the isofix platform. The child is fasted with internal five-point safety straps.

The holding device is characterized by a sufficiently high level of reliability achieved due to a metal frame, onboard, which are equipped with a system of energy absorption. The strap has soft beads.

Advantages and disadvantages of Armenia Recaro Optiafix (ISOFIX)

The car chair is installed in the direction of movement and fixed using the standard car belt and the Isofix platform.

The child under three years is fixed with the help of a special table through which the auton is passed. This contributes to a uniform load distribution. Then the table is cleaned, and the passenger is held due to standard car seat belts.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Chairs Joie Transcend (ISOFIX)

For most parents, preferably related to their offspring, the primary task is to ensure its security, including on the road. This category includes the safety of the child's transportation in the car. It is provided by purchasing special retaining devices (for example, automotive crackers for young children and chairs for older children).

How do the safety of the chair determine?

Crash tests of children's car seats make it possible to solve the question of the degree of security that the car sequence model can guarantee. To date, the ADAC test club (Germany) is authoritative.

The test itself implies the study of several product parameters. Samples are conducted in several stages - it allows you to identify not only the safety of the chair as such, but also the way it is installed in the car for the safest transportation of the kid

Test steps:

• under the plant of the manufacturer;
• with the help of independent experts.

Crash test car seat

The functionality of the product is ensured by the set of parameters. The main are:

• material (in quality);
• fastening (by strength);
• constructive model solution (reliability).

As an additional criterion, when conducting tests of children's car seats, comfortability and ergonomics of the retaining device are studied. Specialists of testing centers determine how physiologically the condition in which the baby will be in the chair will not have some parts of the body (neck, buttocks) or do the muscles of the entire body will not be tired. "Right" Children's chair should be comfortable to make trips with a child calm.

The main, and additional features of the device, designed to ease the life of the baby and his parents, are subject to test. For example, chairs designed for newborns may have a functioning function. It increases the rating of devices when assessing product quality. For adolescents, other comfort-quality will be assessed - for example, the presence of a stand for a feet or holder for a glass (bottle).

The last of the stages of the test of children's chairs involves identifying the practical qualities of the device:

• durability;
• quality material, etc.

The crash test designed to check the children's car seats should reveal the maximum of the merits and disadvantages of the product. Therefore, when choosing a similar device for your baby, it will be worth familiar with its results. For those who are not indifferent to the life and health of children when they are transported, the results of such texts will tell a lot and help to make the right choice.

ADAC crash tests

This test laboratory conducts similar tests every year in spring time. The test landfill is located in the city of Lanberg, where manufacturers of child safety devices from all over Europe come to test new products and check the modified old models. Tests use mannequins designed for various weight and growth of a small passenger. Since 2011, test mannequins have become more sensitive to shocks, they were provided with special damage damage sensors.

Destroying experiments are carried out at different speeds of movement. Speed \u200b\u200bdepends on the direction of impact:

• frontal collision - 64 km / h;
• side - 50 km / h.

Models of tested car seats periodically change, we describe the most popular of them.

Group 0+ - Children from 0 to year

1. BESAFE IZI GO;
2. Concord Airsafe (CONCORD AIR refinement);
3. Cybex Aton Q;
4. Kiddy Evolution Pro 2;
5. Maxi Cosi Pebble.

• The first model is a car dealer based on ISOFIX, it has good indicators for destroying testing (we recommend reading :).
• Besafe IZI GO has high safety rates, but there is a negative point - the model is heavy.
• The third model of Concord Airsafe has a lightweight design and popular with parents who have a lot to wear a child.
• Cybex Aton Q foundation has no, unlike 3 previous models. She has high resistance to impact, the lateral protection level is especially good (the assessment is very good), the child in the device is almost horizontally.
• Kiddy Evolution - the model is interesting, but heavy.
• And the latter of the Maxi Cosi Pebble models under consideration was tested repeatedly, its estimated level - GUT.

Group 0 + / 1 - from 0 to 18 kg (transformers)

• In this group, the crash rating for children's car seats is headed by a model. This transformer ranked the leading position after considerable refinement.
• Following it in the Table of Winners, the crash tests is a similar model called Romer Max-Fix 2 with a "good" rating.
• And 3rd place at the Romer Dualfix transformer. The model is convenient, its reliability and strength indicators are very good, and both with frontal impact and at the side. But there is one small "but" - there may be problems with straps, in some cases, when testing it turned out that the mannequin was not well fixed in the chair.

Group from 1 to 3 years - from 9 to 18 kg

• The first line in the assessment list for strength and reliability belongs to the CHICCO model (Chicko / Kickko). According to the manufacturer, it is ergonomic, has a high degree of child protection, but not marked by buyers because of their angular forms. As a base in the manufacture of the model, the ISOFIX system was used.
• In Europe, the Migo Saturn model and its variation is popular. In Russia, these devices are considered a luxury class, respectively, have a high cost. In our market there are infrequently.

Group 1-2-3 - from 9 to 36 kg

The list of the car seat of this group is headed by two models that are also testers, and parents are recognized as the best - Kiddy Guardianfix Pro2 and his fellow Cybex Pallas 2-Fix.

• The first car seat is Kiddy Guardianfix Pro2 -Ergonomically, it is adapted for the carriage of the sleeping child (the head of the baby does not fall forward). Special protection and the mass of opportunities for adjusting individual elements (seats - in length, backs - tilting and height, volume inside the device and lateral protection) make the model very attractive. A negative point when the characteristic of this car seat can be considered the absence of a strap that prevents the child's scoring down (attached between the legs).
• The second model - Cybex Pallas 2-Fix - received its positive estimates a little earlier than the first described car seat. This fact does not make it less convenient or reliable. It also has many adjustable functions and a removable table. In this model of car seats, the child is well tolerate long journeys, without experiencing inconvenience.

Group 2-3, from 15 to 36 kg

What chairs should choose children from 4 years? Definitely this car seat must be calculated by weight from 18 kg and higher. By comparing customer reviews and results obtained by crash tests, it turned out such a model range of car seats:

1. Concord Transformer T;
2. CBX by Cybex Free Fix.

The main characteristic of the first model list is a special package on the seat belt. It reduces the load at the front collision in the neck of the baby's neck. Despite the high safety and reliability indicators, high-quality material used for the manufacture of a car seat of this model, the price is quite acceptable.

All presented models are made of high-quality materials, have a good degree of protection when hitting the side. And a large selection of adjustments that allows you to choose the backrest altitude and an angle of inclination, convenient for each child from 4 to 12 years.

Car seat is not a status attribute or another stupid fashion trend. You can hear the opinion that I used to do without car seats and the children grew up. But:

• first, earlier speeds on the roads were different;
• secondly, the number of private machines is now a few orders of magnitude longer than the "earlier";
• thirdly, technologies are developing, different devices and devices are created, designed to ease life or even save it.

Car seat is one of these devices. To his choice, it is necessary to approach consciously, thinking primarily about the preservation of the physical health of his baby. The convenience of a small passenger and the state of his spine depends on the quality of this device, its ergonomic, the preservation of the health and life of the baby during the movement of the vehicle.

Performed in six laboratories throughout Europe. These include: one laboratory in France (UTAC in Monteree), two in Germany (ADAC in Munich and Bast in Bergisch Gladbach), and one in the Netherlands (TNO in Delphte), Spain (IDIADA in Tarragona) and in the UK ( TRL in Berkshire).

What tests are performed by Euro NCAP? It:

1. A full-scale frontal collision test, in which the test vehicle at a rate of 64 km / h is crashed into amenable deformation obstacle, with only 40% of the vehicle width contact with an obstacle.

2. The full-scale test of perpendicular lateral collision, which is performed at a speed of 50 km / h, when the test vehicle remains fixed, and the cart is cut into it representing another vehicle.

3. A full-scale lateral collision test using a pillar, in which the tested vehicle at a speed of 29 km / h is crashed into a solid metal pillar.

4.Tests of the vehicle impact on the head and legs of a pedestrian moving at a speed of 40 km / h. In this case, instead of a whole mannequin, its individual parts are used, which provides the best results.

From the results of these tests, three estimates are obtained (protection of adults in the car, protecting children in the car and pedestrian protection).

Why are these tests?

Test procedures are based on legislative acts of the European Expanded Committee on Vehicle Safety (EEVC), except that the speed at the front collision is increased by 8 km / h.

The crash test using a pillar is based on the standards developed in the United States.

Cars designed to obtain maximum estimates in EURO NCAP tests should have improved protection in relation to a wide variety of traffic accidents.

Why not perform a wider range of tests?

This is the responsibility of manufacturers to design and check cars on the level of protection in a wide variety of accidents. EURO NCAP tests cover the sufficient range of accidents. A well-designed car will pass EURO NCAP tests, and that car that will make it bad, with a low probability will provide the necessary protection in a real accident.

Why does Euro NCAP do not perform rear collision tests?

Early with a frontal and lateral collision - prevail in real accidents with serious damage. Rear collisions happen often, but rarely it leads to serious consequences. The main problem at the rear collision is related to the correct work of the head restraints to protect the neck, and the proper operation of the seat belt to protect the back of the passenger. Euro NCAP explore the tests to assess the level of the proposed protection of belts and head restraints.

Why was this speed when the frontal collision test was chosen?

Performing frontal collision tests at 64km / h, simulates the impact of the test vehicle on a car of this size, when both of them move at the same speed - 55 km / h. It is at this speed that studies have shown, most accidents.

And should not increase this speed, given that speed limits above?

Studies of automotive accidents show that the execution of a frontal collision test at 64 km / h, covers most of the serious and fatal accidents that occur. Even if the limit of the maximum speed is 120 km / h, some accidents occur at such speeds, and if it happens, it is impossible to protect for those who are in the car cannot be any means.

How is the risk of injury to people in the car determined from crash tests?

The risk of injury is estimated using a multitude of sources, including data from mannequin sensors, viewing the film with a special way and research by experts to study accidents.

Germany

ADAC - the largest autoclub in the world who is engaged in the problems of automotive industry, provides emergency assistance, checks the quality of cars declared by the manufacturer and annually tests children's car seats using ultra-modern mannequins with sensors.

Adac specialists are selected in Germany's popular children's car seats in Germany, anonymously acquires and test them. Chairs are evaluated by criteria: safety, comfort, ease of use and content of harmful substances. Independent ADAC studies are more stringent than tests of mandatory certification of children's car seats according to a single security standard ECE R 44/04. Adac crash tests frontal collisions are held at a speed of 64 km / h, and the side shocks at a speed of 50 km / h.

Each car seat is tested with two mannequins of different age groups using different positions of the chair position and various installation types if they are provided. Mannequins are equipped with a variety of sensors that fix the load at the moment of impact. Adac experts analyze the testimony of these sensors and correlate them with high-speed video filming from several angles. The data of their research on the Autoclub publishes in the Adacmotorwelt monthly journal.

RACC - Royal Car Club Catalonia, the largest motorist community in Spain. The number of its members has already exceeded one million people. The autoclub provides almost any help to motorists and regularly conducts crash tests of the car seat.

On testing of car seat, they are estimated at the following criteria: ease of installation and adjustment of belts, stability, reliability of belts, head restraints, etc. The estimate scale has five divisions, ranging from "unsatisfactory" and ending "very good". Estimates are exhibited in four categories: protection, use, comfort, care. After completing all tests, the final score is displayed.

Switzerland

Swiss automotive club TCS tests children's holding devices for over 40 years. The used technique of crash tests is similar to the one that ADAC and ANWB specialists are used. The final estimate is set on the scale of five points for two main categories: security and use. To withdraw a safety assessment, the chair is exposed to front and side impact. The "use" category has several components: features of installation, child comfort, care characteristics, environmental friendliness.

TCS test results can be trusted - the automotive club has more than a century of history. It was founded in Geneva back in 1896 a small group of cyclists. Today, the number of members of TCS exceeds 1.6 million people.

Holland

ANWB - Royal Dutch Club, founded in 1883 as a society protecting the interests of cyclists. To date, AnWB members are more than 4 million people. Together with other organizations, ANWB tests various vehicles, spare parts and auto accessories. And since 2007, the autoclub holds crash tests of children's car seats.

For testing, modern mannequins with built-in sensors are used for testing during front and side impact. Each mannequin used corresponds to the age group of the tested car seat. The tests are recorded on the tests that the internal organs of the child receive in the event of an accident. The final assessment is set to four categories: security, comfort and ergonomics, care, ecology.

One of the most recognizable Russian crash tests is held by the Russian magazine "Autores". Among the tests there are tests for the safety of children's car seats: Specialists "Autores" have created their system for assessing the safety of children's retaining devices based on the ECE R 44/04 standard. "Autores" evaluates children's car seats in terms of head protection, legs, spine and analyzes the convenience of using the chair.

When carrying out crash tests, children's q-series mannequins are used, allowing not only to determine the damage resulting from the collision, but also measure the acceleration of the pelvis and the load on the neck of a small passenger. There are 28 sensors on the mannequin. The final rating is formed from six indicators, as a result of the analysis of which an evaluation on a ten-point scale is exhibited.

The Austrian car club OAMTC conducts independent crash tests of children's retaining devices since 2001. This car club is a partner of the well-known European ADAC (Germany) and TCS (Switzerland).

Under the auspices of OAMTC tested car seats for all age categories in different price range. The test provides for a frontal collision and side blow. Tests are held once a year and cover about forty most popular models from European manufacturers. The estimate is made on a five-point scale in 4 categories: security, installation, comfort, use.

Finland

Autoliitto - Finnish Automotive Association, founded in 1919. Autoliitto supports car owners across the country and abroad, and cares about promoting new laws that improve safety on roads that improve the transport system, traffic and ecology.