New crash tests carried out in America have shown that car bumpers are not protecting the important engine parts of the car in accidents.

Seventeen different cars, including Ford’s, Nissan’s, Toyota’s and Mitsubishi’s were put through a series of four crash tests. These included four mph and six mph front and rear impact tests to recreate accidents which occur normally in car parks or in traffic jams for example. The tests were designed to see how well bumpers protect the car by limiting the damage to headlights and bonnet but this was only the case in 2 of the 68 tests carried out.

Problems with the bumpers included them not being tall enough, strong enough or expensive enough to protect the cars and of course, not forgetting the variety of costs with regards to the repair bills for each of the cars.

(Image taken from www.firstcoastnews.com)

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