A new analysis calculates the number of crashes that could be avoided if drivers would use advanced safety features. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to turn them off.
Side impacts accounted for 23% of passenger vehicle occupant fatalities in 2020. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently put 18 SUVs through the paces with its new side-impact evaluation.
With the capture of three new “plus” awards, Volvo is now the automaker with the most 2022 Top Safety Pick+ awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Twenty-six small and midsize SUVs were the first vehicles evaluated under the new seat belt reminder ratings program developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has bestowed its highest safety honor on both the 2022 Toyota Corolla sedan and hatchback.
Two organizations are pressing regulators to require all new passenger vehicles be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems that can detect pedestrians in the dark as well as in daylight.
Turning crashes accounted for more than 900 of approximately 5,800 fatal pedestrian crashes at or near U.S. intersections from 2014 to 2018. A new study finds turning SUVs, vans, and pickups pose a greater risk to walkers.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recognized a total of 101 vehicles with its two top safety accolades. Better headlights are boosting the ranks.
Widely used in Europe and Asia for over a decade, these “smart” headlights have been illegal in the U.S. up until now.
A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that pedestrian automatic emergency braking systems are much less effective in the dark, where 75% of fatal pedestrian crashes happen.
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