Experts say the diversity of drivers has expanded at a faster clip than the tools the industry relies on to measure their ...

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 ...

For generations, vehicle safety engineers have learned from collisions by fastening instrumented dummies into cars and crashing those cars under ...

If you want to understand how far automotive engineering has come in the last three decades, you don’t look at horsepower figures, touchscreen diagonals, or zero-to-60 times. You look at a severed ...

In a recent showcase at Hyundai’s headquarters in Seoul, the OEM did a deep-dive into how it is harnessing digital ...

Crash-test ratings can change how shoppers view a vehicle, especially when a familiar model earns fewer stars than expected.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its latest crash-test data and shared which vehicles performed best in its crashworthiness and collision avoidance testing. Only four of the ...

In my 32 years of driving, I’ve been involved in one collision. In May 2025, my 2002 Hyundai Elantra hatchback had an unplanned meeting with a deer on the I-80. The front passenger side had enough ...

Buying a car often means checking fuel economy, price, comfort, and technology. Safety should be just as important, yet crash ...

If you’re looking for an exceptionally safe car, there are six more models you should consider, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Hyundai Elantra and Sonata, Kia K4, Nissan ...