Just as a car seat is the safest place for a child to ride, a crash-tested dog crate is the best way to keep your pet (and all the other passengers in your car) safe. While it’s cute to let your dog ...

Samuel W. Alderson is the genius who made dummies smart. The California inventor parlayed a knack for tinkering in his old man’s sheet metal shop into a gift for making highways safer here in America ...

We've all seen a crash test dummy, and some of us have even been compared to them. These bright yellow test dummies have long ...

Forensic science is put to the test after the first-ever staged multi-vehicle pileup. Car safety experts just pulled off a first-of-its-kind remote controlled multi-vehicle pile up. Now investigators ...

Though it may seem like hulking pickup trucks and SUVs of all sizes have taken over the nation’s driveways, as Mark Twain might say reports of the passenger car’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. In the world of automotive safety, a startling gender gap exists: ...

The THOR-5F, a more advanced female crash test dummy, is being developed. Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ...

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety does most of its crash testing at 40 mph. Some tests are done at higher speeds and some at lower speeds, but the bulk of its testing is done at forty. The ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has developed a new test for evaluating collision-avoidance systems, and the first batch of test subjects — small SUVs — has struggled. The new test has a ...

Audi A5 and Q6 Sportback e-Tron, BMW X3, Ford Explorer, Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia Sportage named Top Safety Picks+ Hyundai Santa Cruz, Nissan Rogue and Toyota Corolla Cross earn Top Safety Pick In a ...

Previously rated marginal in the IIHS moderate overlap front crash test, the Gladiator has improved to good status, beginning ...