Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a ...

Ford Bronco Sport among four small SUVs to score poorly on new whiplash test conducted by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The updated test presents a new challenge for carmakers, but could make this common injury less likely in future vehicles.

The IIHS' new rear impact test exposes weaknesses in vehicle safety designs, with only four models earning a 'Good' rating.

Reviving a whiplash protection test with modified criteria and methods, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has rated ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released new research proving that women are at higher risk of ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

The new Consumer Reports safety verdict highlights the safest new cars and gives you an easy way to know which vehicles will protect you best.

In the moderate overlap front crash test, it's pretty obvious that the Crosstrek needs rear pretensioners and load limiters ...