http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/3844.html

Five star for the front seat, three for the rear. I was hoping for better rear seat ratings.

 

I guess you'd better put the baby seat in the middle!

 

thanks for the link...

 

no rear side airbags, what do you expect...

...and what was honda thinking?

 

It has side curtain airbags.

Those are great results, i'd say 3 star for the rear is pretty good.

 

Only one criteria to calculate side impact.

 

side curtain but not side door.

by way of comparison a 2006 civic sedan gets 5 stars rear side rating.

 

Kinda dissapointed in the rear ratings.

Corolla has 4 stars in the rear without rear side airbags (and Civic has 5). The kids will sit in the back, and that means one on each side (and one in the front).

No parent wants to survive a wreck if a kid does not.

 

i agree hehe

 

Yeah, it sort of bothers me as well because it's now our around town vehicle. With the extra padding around the car seats the kids'll be okay, but when they outgrow 'em I'm concerned. I was really hoping for four stars minimum back there... almost counting on it actually.

 

good find there on the link.

 

Does Honda even make a side rear airbags other than the curtain?

 

Quick comparison:
Car - Frontal driver/Frontal Passenger/Side Front/Side Rear
Honda Fit - 5/5/5/3
Hyundai Accent - 5/5/5/3
Honda Civic Sedan - 5/5/4/5
Scion xA - 4/4/4/4
Scion xB - 4/4/3/4
Toyota Yaris - Unrated
Toyota Corolla - 5/5/4/4
Toyota Matrix - 5/5/3/4
Toyota 04 Echo 4/4/3/4
Chevy Aveo - 5/5/4/4
Mazda3 Sedan - 4/4/3/3
Kia Rio - 4/5/3/3
Dodge Caliber - 5/5/NA/NA

Not terrible, but not the best either. Interestingly, exactly the same as the Accent. The Civic definately is ahead of its class though. Will add whenever I see someone mention a relevent car, these are the main competitors anyway

 

I guess those who value their childrens safety will wait for a 2008 or 2009 fit instead, or a 2006 civic.

 

Since when is the passenger front more safe than the rear? One of my big considerations in buying my Fit was to make it easy for my old lab to get in and out of the car. Now I have to worry about how safe he is back there!

 

Keep in mind the front and side star ratings are weighted differently. 3 for the side is the same chance of injury as 4 on the front.

From safercar.gov

Front Crash Ratings:

5 Stars = 10% or less chance of serious injury
4 Stars = 11% to 20% chance of serious injury
3 Stars = 21% to 35% chance of serious injury
2 Stars = 36% to 45% chance of serious injury
1 Star = 46% or greater chance of serious injury

Side Crash Ratings:

5 Stars = 5% or less chance of serious injury
4 Stars = 6% to 10% chance of serious injury
3 Stars = 11% to 20% chance of serious injury
2 Stars = 21% to 25% chance of serious injury
1 Star = 26% or greater chance of serious injury

 

Maybe I am not getting something here, but are we not talking about the cheapest and most basic Honda available in the world?

This car is better than everything standard in its class. You are as safe or safer in this car than in most SUV's of a few years ago. You can store as much in them too.

I don't want to criticise anyone, I don't mean to, but I think that Honda has a problem with giving people so much more than they originally expected, that they start thinking about what the car doesn't do in comparison to other, more expensive vehicles, and stop comparing the car within its class, because that would be boring.

It may be human nature though, to compare an apple to a carameled apple (metaphor here) and lament no caramel. I am just saying, compare the Fit to anything in its class (B-segment cars) and you will find you are safer in it that anything else out there, period.

If you bought the Fit for safety only, you would never have bought it. If you bought the Fit because it is the safest vehicle standard in its segment, with the most utility of any vehicle on the road up to small SUV's, and a go kart-esque fun to drive experience, then you have made an excellent decision.

 

Nope. No Honda or Acura has rear side airbags. Not even the Acura RL does.

Again, I would like to point out that a rear side impact rating of 5 stars can be attained without rear side airbags. It seems to me that the car body structure is more important than the addition of rear side airbags.

 

Well, sorta. We are talking about side impact collisions here, not rollovers. The Fit rear side impact scores could be better.

I disagree.

The 2007 Yaris is actually "safer" than the Honda Fit. The body structure of that car is newer and is designed in a similar fashion to Honda's ACE technology. The Honda Fit body structure predates ACE, and therefore isn't up to today's standard.

 

Please explain to me how an 80+ lbs dog in the back of any vehicle will be safe, unless buckled or in a caged space tested for various types of impacts. Having your dog in the back seat with no restraining device is more dangerous for the occupants.