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The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) issues the ratings on all safe car models. The NCAP rates vehicles to determine crash worthiness and rollover safety. The safety ratings are gathered during controlled crashes and rollover tests conducted at NHTSA’s research facilities. From there they rate the vehicle on how well they with stood the crash and how much vehicle damage was done at a certain speed and how much bodily injuries where sustained to the dummies to reinact what would happen in a real car accident. The ratings are based on a 5 star rating system with 5 stars being the best and 1 be the worse. There rating are very reliable and accurate when it comes to buying a neww vehicle i would always check it's rating first.

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