The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its 2010 Top Safety Picks, which include all vehicles that received a “Good” rating in the different crash tests, but what about those vehicles that didn’t fare so well? USA Today wondered the same thing and looked them up for us.

The good news is there really aren’t any completely dangerous vehicles on the road anymore. Regulation and consumer demand for safer cars have increased vehicle-safety standards to new heights. Hence the term “least safe” in the headline.

Click the jump to find out which of the 145 vehicles listed by IIHS were rated “Poor” in at least one category.

Mini Cars

2009 Chevrolet Aveo — Poor when hit from the rear
2009 Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio — Poor when hit from the side or rear

Small Cars

2009 Volkswagen New Beetle — Poor when hit from the side
2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser — Poor when hit from the side or the rear

Large Luxury Cars

2010 Infiniti M35/M45 — Poor when hit from the rear
2010 Cadillac STS — Poor when hit from the rear

Small SUVs

2010 Ford Escape Hybrid; Mercury Mariner Hybrid and Mazda Tribute Hybrid — Poor in a rollover
2009 Hyundai Tucson — Poor in a rollover
2010 Jeep Wrangler — Poor when hit from the side

Midsize SUVs

2009 Hummer H3 — Poor when hit from the rear
2009 Kia Sorento — Poor when hit from the side

Minivans

2009 Nissan Quest — Poor when hit from the rear
2010 Toyota Sienna — Poor when hit from the rear

Reprinted from Cars.com

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