Consumer Reports’ web site has a cool feature wherein you can select a car make, model and year, and see video of its frontal offset crash- and side-impact crash tests.

With somewhat morbid curiosity, I watched footage of my own ride smashing into an offset barrier at 40 mph and getting t-boned by a SUV going 40 mph.

The good news was that the crash-test dummy fared rather well. My car got ‘good’ ratings (the highest) during both the frontal offset crash, which shows overall structural integrity, and the side impact crash, which shows how it fares when struck in the side by an SUV or pickup. (Thanks, Subaru, for making a safe car!)

Another takeaway: the Scion XB (that boxy mini-minivan) is the last car you’d want to be in during a side-impact crash.