Safest Cars for Children

Car technology is advancing by great lengths all of the time. Each year new vehicles are

introduced with more and more technological features. One of the areas of advancement, as well as

concern, is safety. Parents are constantly searching to find the safest cars for children on the road. It

seems that with more vehicles on the road there are more accidents. Safety features are, as they

should be, one of the first elements individuals look at when considering the purchase of a new car.

Dodge Dart Avenger 2013

The 2013 Dodge Dart Avenger is a midsized vehicle. It was bestowed the Top Safety Pick+

car award. It was reported to have performed well in the all-around testing area and surpassed

others in the medium overlap front test. This Dodge Dart is said to have earned top marks in all

facets of safety. The number one safety element of this vehicle is it is teeming with airbags. The

Dodge Dart Avenger features rear and front head curtain airbags. It also has rear seated mounted

pelvis airbags and lower instrument panel knee airbags.

2013 Ford Fusion

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 2013 Ford Fusion its Top Safety Pick=

award. The nonprofit organization states that this especially applies to all of those built after

December of 2012. The 2013 Fusion features the Personal Safety System from Ford which

incorporates eight separate airbags. It was also designed with a restraint control module which

collects information from all of the sensors within the cabin. The venting technology was created to

boost side impact protection. All of these combined features make the 2013 Ford Fusion one of the

safest vehicles for children on the road today.

2013 Nissan Altima 4-door

The 2013 Nissan Altima 4 door Sedan has earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

accolade for Top Safety Pick+ and it is not the first, but many believe it may be the most impressive.

This Altima Sedan was designed with zone body construction and a 3 point seat belt system. It also

features lower anchors and tethers for children or Latch system. This Altima’s Dynamic Control and

complete airbags system are only some of the reasons it has earned excellent safety scores.

2013 Chrysler 200 4-door

Every year the Chrysler Company continues to improve the 200 and the Insurance Institutes

Highway for Safety recognition has consistently reflected this hard work. The Chrysler 200 has front

and rear crumple zones as well as active head restraints. It features a complete system of airbags that include front airbags which deploy with force that is dependent upon the crash impact. By

releasing the 200 Chrysler has developed another one of the safest vehicles for children on the

2014 Subaru Forester

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has given Forester high marks in all categories

for every year model since 1999. Conclusions in the subcategory testing of the 2014 Forester also

produced extremely good scores all the way around. This vehicle features an army of airbags and a

specific sensor to deploy side curtain airbags in the event that it detects an impending rollover. All of

these safety features has deemed it one of the safest small SUVs for children available on the

market today.