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For three decades, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has been smashing vehicles with an adult-sized dummy sitting in the front seat, simulating a type of head-on collision where two ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — If you're in the market for a new car, or just curious how safe your vehicle really is, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released results of a new whiplash prevention ...

Red Bull Racing has acknowledged growing uncertainty at Barcelona testing after a crash involving Isack Hadjar brought its running to an abrupt halt. Hadjar, who is now part of Red Bull’s senior team, ...

Isack Hadjar crashed Red Bull’s car during Barcelona testing, damaging the rear wing and suspension. Red Bull is uncertain when repairs will allow testing to resume, as the team principal addresses ...

The Crosstrek sells in huge numbers, the WRX doesn’t, yet both ran into the same IIHS issue when it came to rear passenger safety. IIHS test updates for 2026 are reshuffling which cars qualify for ...

In the early days of crash testing in the 1990s, few vehicles were able to achieve top scores in occupant protection, but nowadays most modern cars pass with flying colors. Late last year Euro NCAP ...

This video explains how car crash testing works, focusing on controlled impact tests, safety systems, and vehicle structure. It shows what engineers measure during crashes and how results are used to ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently crash-tested 20 model-year 2025-26 vehicles. New Top Safety Pick+ winners include Audi A6 Sportback e-Tron, Q5 and Q5 Sportback; Genesis G80; Honda ...

While auto safety experts find the new dummy designs promising, there are limitations to physical tools when testing vehicle crash outcomes. The 5th percentile federal standard for female dummies is 4 ...

Modern vehicle technology, sophisticated driver assistance systems, and improved infrastructure have all contributed to road safety progress in recent years, yet certain types of crashes continue to ...

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same crashes. The problem stems from a simple oversight that’s persisted for ...