Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a ...

The new Consumer Reports safety verdict highlights the safest new cars and gives you an easy way to know which vehicles will ...

Sixteen 2025 and 2026 models from 12 different brands earned Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ awards in the latest round of vehicle ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has added the whiplash test to the list of tests that new vehicles have to go through ...

The updated test presents a new challenge for carmakers, but could make this common injury less likely in future vehicles.

The IIHS has brought back an old whiplash prevention test, evaluating seats from a few popular small SUVs with even higher ...

The 2026 Subaru Forester earned top honors with the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ award For 2025, IIHS instituted higher standards for updated moderate overlap front crash testing Subaru received two TOP ...

Ram's 2025 model year 1500 isn't exactly safe for the rear passengers in the moderate overlap crash scenario. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the crew-cabbed pickup is ...

ATLANTA — If you’ve noticed headlights seem blindingly bright lately, you’re not imagining things. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) started rating headlights in 2016 and found 82% of ...

When you're buying a new car, you want it to get good fuel economy, offer at least a few desirable features, and be as reliable as possible, but you also want it to be safe. After all, even if you ...

This video, courtesy of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, shows "stellar protection" for back seat passengers in the 2024 Mazda CX-90 PHEV.