Growing List Of Safe Cars Belies Fears In Record Recalls

The insurance industry’s list of cars and trucks that do the best job of keeping owners alive in a crash jumped 82 percent this year against a backdrop of U.S. recalls of older models that were killing their passengers. The number of vehicles ranked best for keeping occupants safe in a crash rose to 71 for 2015 models from 39 a year ago even as the crash tests used to pick winners got harder, according to a report released today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) has the most models on the list.