2011 Mini Countryman is “Top Safety Pick”

13 years, 9 months ago - 9 March 2011

The 2011 Mini Countryman has been stated a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, after receiving a “good” rating in front, side, rear and rollover tests.

IIHS also cited the Countryman's standard electronic stability control as a deciding factor in giving it the nod.

The Mini Countryman sports driver and passenger front air bags, side curtain air bags and seat-mounted torso air bags. There's also an airbag in the lower dashboard on the passenger side to help prevent knee injuries in head-on impacts.

In the side impact test, IIHS again determined that the risk of injury to the driver was low, but that the passenger risked a fractured femur. Despite that, risk to the rest of the body was low.