Pickups, SUVs, vans fall short in rear-crash tests
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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 Institute for Highway Safety tested 73 cars, but only eight of them recieved an overall good rating. Most cars do a poor or marginal job protecting passengers from whiplash injuries in a rear-end crash, according to crash tests of several models.
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(Nov. 15) -- Would your car protect your head and neck in case of a crash? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested restraint systems in dozens of cars.
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Difference in bumper height between cars and SUVs is causing increased repair costs, says study. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The difference in the height of bumpers between cars and sport/utility vehicles is responsible
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U.S. auto safety regulators, under pressure to upgrade an earlier proposal and reduce highway deaths, said on Thursday they may require a tougher test for determining roof strength of cars and other passenger vehicles.
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A sports utility vehicle blew a rear tire, careened into a median and rolled several times, killing four people. A fifth passenger and the teenage driver suffered minor injuries.
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Federal regulators are investigating General Motors Corp. minivans after getting reports that people have been injured by automatic sliding doors.
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Most small cars fail to provide the same safety protection in side and rear collisions that buyers find in bigger vehicles.
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Head restraints in dozens of sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans provided only poor or marginal protection from neck injuries in simulated crashes conducted by the insurance industry.
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The latest minis from Hyundai, Chevrolet, Honda, Toyota and Scion don't protect passengers in crashes, especially if an SUV is involved.  In Autopia.
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By The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Jun. 20--ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) and other off-road vehicles can be a lot of fun. And large areas of America's national forests have been set aside for their use.
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The big sport utility vehicle is in a slump. But the big pickup truck? It's going full tilt.
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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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A board investigating the crash of NASA&#39;s Genesis spacecraft has found the design for a key system was drawn backward. The result: improper orientation of switches that were supposed to detect its entry into
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An investigation is launched after one person is killed and 20 injured in crashes involving more than 40 vehicles.
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DETROIT -- Chrysler is recalling 240,000 minivans because their radios may short-circuit and cause a fire. Affected are Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country minivans from the 2001 and 2002 model years.
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The Nissan Versa got top marks in crash test results released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, though bigger cars still offer greater safety than small cars the results showed.