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DEARBORN, MI - Ford is beginning research into one of the world's first digital human child body models. Such a model could someday serve as a digital dummy for computer crash testing aimed at improving research of future safety technologies, the automaker said.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said it is petitioning the federal government to require stronger underride guards that will remain in place during a crash and to mandate guards for more large trucks and trailers.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The redesigned Dodge Charger and twin Chrysler 300 have drawn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's coveted Top Safety Pick award for the first time after scoring "good" ratings for front, side, rollover and rear-impact protection. A score of "good" is the highest given by IIHS.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has given the Honda Odyssey, a redesigned minivan for the 2011 model year, the institute's highest rating of "good" for protection in front-, side- and rear-impact crashes.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - Drivers of vehicles that perform well in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's side-impact crash test are much less likely to die in a real-world left-side crash than drivers of vehicles that do poorly in the test, a new IIHS analysis found.
Read More →SHANGHAI, CHINA - Ford Motor Co.'s new Fiesta has received a maximum five-star safety rating from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), which recently released its China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) ratings.
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ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said it has given its highest rating of "good" to the Mazda2 minicar for frontal crash protection and for roof strength in rollover crashes.
Read More →ROCKLEIGH, NJ - By displaying a crashed Volvo C30 Electric in its stand at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will take a unique, very visual approach to future safety.
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ROCKLEIGH, NJ - By displaying a crashed Volvo C30 Electric in its stand at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will take a unique, very visual approach to future safety.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI - Ford safety engineers in the U.S. and Germany crash tested the new 2012 Ford Focus more than 12,000 times in real and virtual worlds to prove out new technologies designed to protect occupants in crashes, Ford Motor Co. said.
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