Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to ...

Researchers believe the disparity in crash survival comes down to one thing: Cars were never really built for women. Vehicle safety systems, seatbelts, and even airbags were designed around the ...

Pedestrian Protection Test: Evaluates the extent of injury to pedestrians' heads and legs from the front of the vehicle. The test vehicles must meet the following basic conditions: Vehicle curb weight ...

Austroads’ findings strengthen understanding of crash injury risk to support safer, evidence-based road design.

U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday proposed revising recommendations to increase the number of children age 1 or younger who are transported in rear-facing car seats.

Bharat NCAP 2.0, scheduled for 2027, will introduce tougher safety tests including full-frontal and rear crash impacts, along ...

Illegal car seats that pose potentially lethal risks to young children are being widely sold despite being identified over a decade ago, a new investigation has revealed. At such a critical moment in ...

Vehicles are currently evaluated for Frontal (partial) impact: a deformable barrier impacts 40 percent of the front width ...