The National Highway;Traffic Safety Administration has adopted new regulations that'll require automakers to equip vehicles with additional front-passenger side-impact protection for the head and ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 100, Section 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS (1991), pp. 760-786 (27 pages) A highly controlled six-vehicle crash test program was conducted to provide an estimate of the ...

According to a report by the World Health Organization released a few years ago, one of the leading injury-related causes of death among people aged 15 to 44 years is, believe it or not, traffic ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. – One in three child crash fatalities are caused by side-impact collisions, yet car seat manufacturers never have been required to simulate a “T-bone” scenario — until now. The National ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 98, Section 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS (1989), pp. 472-480 (9 pages) A side impact study using eight impact configurations was conducted in conformity with a test method ...

After missing its own January 2022 deadline, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday announced its long-delayed side-impact crash-test standard for child car-seats.

Impact tests are designed to measure the resistance to failure of a material to a suddenly applied force such as collision, falling object or instantaneous blow. The test measures the impact energy, ...

COLUMBUS — One in three child crash fatalities are caused by side-impact collisions, yet car seat manufacturers never have been required to simulate a “T-bone” scenario — until now. The National ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a new vehicle safety standard aimed at decreasing pedestrian deaths and injuries when struck by a vehicle. The proposed new ...

Background The German hang-glider association reports that approximately 60% of serious injuries resulting from hang-glider accidents are to the spine. The market-approval of back protectors ...