IIHS purchases the vehicles for testing; manufacturers do not provide the vehicles. It uses a state-of-the-art Vehicle ...

Research shows that brain injuries are likely during head impacts greater than about 80 g, and the driver dummy experienced more than twice that force.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety started crash-testing cars in 1996. To mark the 30th anniversary of its crash-testing program, IIHS crashed a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer into a 2026 model. Only ...

Standardized crash testing has saved hundreds of thousands of lives by requiring greater occupant protection in vehicles. The stark before-and-after difference between cars that were and were not ...