The Smallest Cars To Achieve America’s Best Safety All Have One Thing In Common

Small car safety is often cited as one of the reasons why people buy bigger, and in general, it’s hard to argue that they’re wrong. A smaller car will almost always come off second best against a larger car in a crash, especially if they come from comparable eras with similar philosophies on construction and crumple zones. The simple science is that big cars have more momentum in a crash, and the smaller car will absolutely get blasted out the way. But that doesn’t mean small cars are unsafe.