This NSX FAQ entry has been migrated to the NSX Wiki -> http://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Safety

Child Seats

[FG] One thing that the Honda passenger SRS system has going for it is that they are indirect systems - i.e. they major force of the explosion is upwards. Put that with the fact that the NSX pass. seat, when pushed all the way back, is probably further from the airbag than almost any other car I am aware of, I have been able to justify putting my kids in that seat. Just DO NOT put a rear facing seat here. Even for my oldest (6 years), I use a booster seat that gives him a 3-4 point harness. This is just my opinion... what you do is up to you (and your significant other!)

Also, on the 95's, the pass belt has a built in locking mechanism that is activated when the belt is pulled all the way out and then let back in (it clicks during retraction when in this mode).

Collision Safety

[A/H] The first hard hit NSX that I worked on was hit in the right rear by a Datsun P/U doing about 50 mph. The driver of the NSX was sitting on a city street waiting to get on the freeway onramp. He saw the P/U coming and tried to go to the left around a full size Ford P/U in front of him. The Datsun hit the NSX and pushed it under the Ford. Damage: Right side trunk was gone. Just plastic pieces of phone and CD player. Engine compartment moved about one inch. Engine cover glass: no problem. Right side door: NO PROBLEM, OPEN AND CLOSED PERFECTLY. The front bumper hit the differential of the Ford and bent the leaf spring. The Ford rear bumper hit the "A" pillar on the right side and shattered the front glass. I fixed this car and it is still on the road here at Honda. It is #70. Red Black 5 spd. 65k miles. I also found that if the NSX is put on 4 car stands and if the stands are not exactly the same height and the floor is not very flat then the NSX will rock on 3 stands. This car is very stiff !!

[SBJ - 99/8/14] As a trauma surgeon I actually feel safer in my NSX than in my wife's Jeep Cherokee, and the bad sportscar crashes I see at the trauma center are usually in younger males driving Detroit muscle cars (same with motorcycles, those who can afford Harleys usually don't ride crazy and can't afford to wreck them).