1.   But GM officials continued to maintain that weight was very important in frontal crashes.

2.   For instance, in a frontal crash of minor severity, if both front-seat occupants are belted, only the belt pre-tensioner deploys.

3.   He added that he hopes the government expands its crash-testing program to encompass both types of frontal crashes.

4.   In frontal crashes, air bags are the main defense.

5.   Researchers found, however, that most real-life crashes are not straightforward frontal crashes but off-set, or corner, crashes.

6.   Such side-impact crashes, although often deadly, are much less common in the real world than frontal crashes.

7.   The goal is protecting heads in anything other than a frontal crash.

8.   This is known as a frontal offset crash.

9.   The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the Ram five out of five stars for protecting the driver and passenger in the frontal crash tests.

10.   When a frontal crash begins, electro-mechanical sensors begin measuring crash severity.