New US Study Faults Automakers for Whiplash
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Automakers are failing to equip most car models sold in the United States with seats and head restraints that provide good protection against neck injuries in rear-end crashes, according to a new insurance industry study.
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Science & environment: Mixed messages at Motown as Japan heralds leaner era while US carmakers seek to bulk up bottom line
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They still decrease our risk of dying, but the statistics are not all black and white. In fact, according to one researcher, seat belts may actually cause people to drive more recklessly
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NEW YORK - The newly released traffic crash fatality data have something for everyone in the debate about the safety of sport utility vehicles.
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Vehicles with sensors that can, for example, automatically apply brakes are 41 percent less likely to get into single-vehicle crashes, which account for 60 percent of all fatal crashes, according to government statistics.
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Using a new dynamic test and a dummy designed especially for rear impact testing, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has rated 73 seat/head restraint combinations available in 63 car models sold in the US market.
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Sport utilities showed modest improvement in rear-crash protection according to a U.S. insurance industry analysis released on Tuesday, but more than half the 87 light trucks tested fell short of optimum safety and pickups fared the worst.
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The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has released new side-impact crash test results for small sport utility vehicles. The 2005 Honda CRV earned a good rating along with the 2005 Ford Escape.
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Automakers have recalled more vehicles in the United States this year than ever before, but thatâs probably because of the increasing complexity of cars
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The federal agency that oversees auto safety has decided -- based largely on arguments from automakers and their Washington, DC, lobbyists -- that reams of data relating to unsafe automobiles or defective parts will not be available ...
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The US government is expected to require automakers to install safer power-window switches within four years, USA Today reported Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Drivers who talk on cellphones drive as if they were elderly, with slower reaction times and a tendency to miss what is in front of them, US researchers said yesterday.
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U.S automakers face a widening gap in  profitability per vehicle compared to their major Japanese  rivals because of missed design opportunities, heavy  discounting and high labor costs, a study released on Monday  said.
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Despite losing sales to Japanese car companies, auto manufacturers, particularly U.S.-based manufacturers, have been slow to respond consumer demands for better fuel economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the Consumer Federation of America.
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NEW YORK  - Lap belt injuries and the "seatbelt syndrome" are often associated with spinal cord injuries in children who have been improperly restrained when involved in a car accident, according to a study in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.
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According to auto industry regulators and executives worldwide, new criteria for vehicle performance must include a car's or truck's ability to protect its occupants in a crash.
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WASHINGTON -- The government's crash-test program should take into account collision avoidance technologies and make the results more meaningful for new car buyers, safety officials said yesterday.