Volvo’s moose crash testing saved a driver after a head-on impact, showing how its large-animal detection and reinforced ...

If you want to understand how far automotive engineering has come in the last three decades, you don’t look at horsepower ...

A brand new Mazda CX-5 was crashed into a stationary object, and everyone who observed it was happy about it. Take a look at what happened.

While not an all-around safety benchmark, the 2026 Toyota Tacoma for the United States market is a very safe mid-size pickup truck ...

Head-on collision test reveals how modern vehicle design protects occupants better than older models through energy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said. By Adeel ...

Redesigned in 2022 for the 2024 model year on a stiffer variant of the Subaru Global Platform, the Crosstrek sadly doesn't live up to expectations in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's ...

In 2022, NASA dropped an aircraft cabin (with six crash dummies) from 35 ft. The cabin was destroyed but showed the need to improve computer models. In 2022, NASA dropped a full-scale aircraft ...

Every minivan currently on sale is ineligible for a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety due to lackluster ratings in one or more of the agency’s crash and safety ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

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 ...