Fewer vehicles receive awards as stronger protection for back seat passengers is required this year. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is requiring better protection for second-row occupants for the 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK and TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards, encouraging automakers to make advanced seat belt technology and other safety innovations the norm in […]
IIHS Reports Vehicle Manufacturers Make Big Strides in Front Crash Prevention
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) vehicle manufacturers are delivering major improvements in their automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems following the introduction of a tougher front crash prevention evaluation by IIHS last year. “The rapid progress manufacturers have made to improve these vital crash avoidance systems is impressive,” IIHS President David Harkey […]
IIHS Reports Crash Avoidance Systems Struggle in New Test
Few small SUVs excel in new front crash prevention test. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is updating its vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention test to address crashes that occur at higher speeds and those in which the struck vehicle is a motorcycle or large truck. Only one of the first 10 small SUVs evaluated in […]
University of Nebraska Crash Tests Raise Concerns About Highway Guard Rail Performance with Heavier Electric Vehicles
The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) has mobilized to answer the safety and military defense questions raised by the burgeoning number of electric vehicles on the nation’s roadways. In research sponsored by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the Nebraska facility recently conducted a first-of-its-kind crash test […]
NHTSA Proposes New Crashworthiness Pedestrian Protection Testing Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing updates to its flagship vehicle safety consumer information program, the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) to include pedestrian protection. NHTSA is issuing a request for public comment on new pedestrian crashworthiness tests that measure how well vehicles protect those outside the vehicle, […]
IIHS Says Small Overlap Front Crash Rating Program Saving Lives
Driving a vehicle that earns a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) driver-side small overlap front crash test reduces your risk of dying in a real-world crash, a new IIHS study shows. A driver in a good-rated vehicle is 12 percent less likely than a driver in a poor-rated one to […]
IIHS to Livestream Crash Test Tomorrow
The next in a series of side-impact research crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) will be streamed live on Facebook this Thursday, Nov. 21. To watch, visit the IIHS Facebook page at 11:25 a.m. (EST) on Thursday. The test, involving a movable barrier striking the side of a 2018 Toyota Camry, […]
NHTSA Will Propose Upgrades to Vehicle Crash Test and Rating Program Next Year
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its plan to propose updates and upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program in 2020. “NCAP is celebrating its 40-year anniversary, and we’re proud that it continues to encourage automakers to invest in safety,” said NHTSA Acting Administrator James Owens. “NHTSA’s Government 5-Star Safety […]
Polestar Evaluates Carbon Fiber Body in Crash Test
Polestar, the electric performance car brand of the Volvo Car Group, has undertaken the first of a series of crash tests as part of the development of the Polestar 1. This represents the first time the Volvo has assessed the strength of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer body in a crash test. “We were […]
Attorney Presents OEM Parts Crash Test Results at Texas Auto Body Trade Show
Crash test showed Honda Fit repaired using OEM parts and procedures performed “exactly as intended” to ensure safety. Texas-based attorney Todd Tracy, known for his $42 million legal victory against John Eagle Collision in Dallas and his subsequent Honda Fit crash tests, has taken his fight against the use of unsafe aftermarket replacement parts to […]