The number of new cars considered the safest by the insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers’ push to engineer in certain safety equipment and make it more widely available.

Ford Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. had the most vehicles on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s annual list of the safest cars for the 2008 model year. Thirty-four vehicles received the top safety pick designation for 2008, compared with 13 vehicles from the 2007 model year.
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