IIHS News
Petition Urges Federal Regulators to Require ABS Brakes on Motorcycles
Last week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) filed a second petition with federal regulators requesting they mandate antilock braking systems ...
Study: Tall Trucks, SUVs Are 45% Deadlier to U.S. Pedestrians
Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45 percent more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles with sloped hoods, ...
Midsize Cars Struggle With Rear Seat Safety: IIHS
New analysis released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) highlights a known safety issue with rear seats—submarining beneath the lapbelt—putting a passenger at risk for internal ...
Dangers of Muscle Cars Highlighted in New IIHS Analysis
Muscle cars, known for their high horsepower and hot rod image rank among the deadliest vehicles on the road, both for their own drivers and for people in other vehicles, according to recent analysis ...
IIHS: Safety Concerns for Small Pickup Rear Seated Passengers
The latest crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals most small pickups fall short when it comes to rear seated passengers. "Our updated moderate overlap front crash test ...
IIHS: Subaru Bicycle Detection Tech Shows Promise
Subaru's EyeSight crash avoidance system reduced crashes with bicyclists traveling parallel to the road but was only modestly successful in reducing crashes with bicycles overall, a new study from ...
IIHS: Rear Passengers in Small Cars at Higher Risk of Internal Injuries
A new crash test, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), revealed poor ratings for all small cars tested. In all five vehicles tested, the rear dummy submarined beneath the ...
Most Small SUVs Flunk Updated Insurance Industry Crash Tests
Most small SUVs flunked the latest frontal crash tests done by the insurance industry, but oddly enough, they're just as safe as they were before.
Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40 ...
Studies Find Automatic Braking Can Cut Crashes over 40%