Small Cars Come Up Short in Crash-Test Safety Study
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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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After testing dozens of seats to see how well they protected an average-size male dummy, the Institute for Highway Safety concluded that more than half of the seats did a poor job of preventing whiplash.
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WASHINGTON -- The insurance industry is out with its latest auto safety findings, and for the first time since 2001, it has given out the lowest possible rating.
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The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Saab 9-3 a rare rating of best pick in both front and side impact crash tests Monday.
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The study found that side air bags are particularly effective in sport utility vehicles, cutting the chances of a fatality by 52 percent.
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Junior the autonomous car makes its way cautiously through a street-inspired obstacle course. Here's a look at the tech under the hood (and inside the trunk, and on the roof).
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The Mazda 3 is the best performer and the Kia Spectra is reportedly the worst in a recent series of frontal offset crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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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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More new vehicle drivers are dying in side impacts than front crashes, pointing out the importance of side airbags. In Autopia.
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Of eight midsized sedans tested for side impact protection, four earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety&#39;s top rating of &quot;good.
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New cars will include labels with crash test ratings and more realistic fuel economy estimates.  In Autopia.
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Road casualty figures show a fall but there is controversy about their accuracy.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the best performer in frontal crash tests is the Mazda 3, and the worst is the Kia Spectra.
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By ELIZABETH WHITE SAN MARCOS, Texas - Every so often, Scott Wade will drive his Mini Cooper up and down the rough, gravelly road near his Texas Hill Country home. But Wade isn't taking pass after pass on the inhospitable road to test his shocks or for the thrill of the ride.
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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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The crash Tuesday of a small commuter plane in Missouri interrupted what had been the safest period for airline travel in this country&#39;s history.
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WASHINGTON -- The difference in bumper height between cars and sport utility vehicles leads to costly accident repairs even after low-speed crashes, an insurance group said yesterday.