The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing the first-ever side impact test for car seats sold in the U.S. designed for children weighing up to 40 lbs. “Car seats are ...

Others argue that real-world or not, flat-barrier testing is a good way to gauge the effectiveness of the restraint systems, primarily the safety belts and air bags. NHTSA's side-impact test ...

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Of note, the IIHS recently updated its side-impact test to underscore how well a vehicle protects rear-seat passengers in T-bone-type crashes. Top Safety Picks without the “+” are issued top ...

Some of the same vehicles have received mediocre ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which conducts a more aggressive side-impact test in which vehicles are struck with a ...

The Kylaq and XUV 3XO have gotten a 5-star safety rating in their respective Bharat NCAP tests. We compare the results and ...

This time around they evaluated nine different mid-sized SUVs and CUVs. IIHS does front, rear and side impact testing on each of the vehicles and in the latest batch of tests, only one vehicle got ...