Used car safety ratings

03.Compare used car safety ratings

Using the filters

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Using the table

Results are taken from the 2011 Used Car Safety Rating study, which is funded by the Vehicle Safety Research Group and conducted by Monash University Accident Research Centre. It is supported by various motoring authorities as well as State Governments and the Australian Government.

Five stars = Excellent - statistically equivalent safety performance to the best 5% of all models, the benchmark group.

Four stars = Good - performs below benchmark.

Three stars = Marginal - performs at least 30% worse than the benchmark.

Two stars = Poor - performs at least 60% worse than the benchmark.

One star = Very poor - performs at least 90% worse than the benchmark.