Increasing safety should be on every automaker’s New Year’s resolution list if they want to continue to earn crashworthiness accolades from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The ...

Pedestrian crash-prevention systems with automatic braking on 16 mid-size cars vary widely in their ability to detect and avoid hitting people in the street, according to the latest round of testing ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is preparing to add pedestrian protection to the criteria for its coveted Top Safety Pick ratings next year, a move that could help speed the deployment of ...

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The rise in pedestrian deaths on and along U.S. roads has been a troubling story for years. But this fall, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its intention to require most ...

It has been a year and a half since the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its report showing that pedestrians are far more likely to be killed when struck by tall, blunt-nosed ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator said on Monday it is proposing a requirement that some future vehicles be redesigned to reduce the risks of serious or fatal injuries in crashes ...