and include data from the head and pelvis. A sideways-into-pole test was added, using the small adult female dummy. NHTSA's front-crash test accelerates a car straight into a rigid barrier at 35 ...

The first crash test dummy was created in 1949 to improve safety for airplane pilots. One of the earliest recorded crash tests happened a decade after the creation of the first cr ...

Neither NHTSA nor the IIHS has released crash-test ... The IIHS will accept data from crash tests performed by manufacturers in certain cases—such as when the prior version of a model got ...

In 1978, the NHTSA began testing and rating vehicles based on front impact protection using data gained from crash test dummies. By 1993, the NHTSA started using a five-star rating system to help ...

U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have reintroduced legislation calling for the modernization of vehicle safety tests, including the use of female crash test dummies.  The ...

In side-impact tests, the crossover has significantly less space to absorb the forces of a crash. This is where you ... While there's no data on Model Y's roof strength, we can look to Model ...

“We're actually working on the design of a study to get data from the field ... According to a NHTSA spokesperson, “Modern crash test dummies are sophisticated tools, and their development ...

NHTSA has moved to an engineering analysis after the preliminary findings suggested potential flaws in the technology. The initial inquiry was launched in the spring of 2024 after multiple crash ...