“The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is launching a new roof strength rating system to help consumers pick vehicles that will help protect them in rollover crashes. Twelve small SUVs are the first to be put to the test. Only 4 earn the top rating of good…This new rating system is based on Institute research showing that occupants in rollover crashes benefit from stronger roofs. Vehicles rated good must have roofs that are more than twice as strong as minimum federal safety standards require.”

• View/download: includes color ratings chart
• Video: roof strength rating system
• Status Report special issue: roof strength, Vol. 44, No. 3, March 24, 2009
• Research paper: Roof strength and injury risk