General Motors is issuing two recalls for more than 80,000 vehicles. The first is for more than 67,000 Cadillac and Blazer vehicles because a brake system control module defect may cause a loss of braking while driving, and another for more than…
FOX10 is hosting a free car seat safety event Thursday, Nov. 5, at the FOX10 studios. MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - FOX10 is hosting a free car seat safety event Thursday, Nov. 5, at the FOX10 studios. Numbers show most car seats are not installed the right way,…
CLARK COUNTY — A 91-year-old woman was killed Tuesday evening in a crash on Fisher-Twin Road in Preble County. The crash happened around 6:41 p.m. An investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol found that a 2003 Honda CR-V traveling westbound went off…
A car and motorcycle crashed on State Route 20, leaving the motorcyclist with serious injuries. Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol said the crash happened at 1:10 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2026, in the Town of Sangerfield. Deputies and investigators closed State Route 20 for several hours…
The Subaru BRZ has always been a throwback in the best way: a small, rear-drive sports car built around balance, feedback, and affordability. For 2027, it stays true to that purpose with modest tech and safety updates rather than a major…
By Steven Nassi, Managing Partner at Easy Lemon A truck that keeps going back to the dealer for the same problem is more than an annoyance. It costs you workdays, towing jobs and trust in the vehicle you depend on.
Younger drivers are favoring sedans over SUVs, suggesting a generational divide as Americans navigate the cost of owning a vehicle, according to Fortune. Not a single SUV appeared among Gen Z's 10 most-driven models in Compare.com's analysis of more than…
The fix is a free software update to the brake system control module. Owners who have opted in to over the air updates can get it remotely. Everyone else can have a dealer install it. Owner notification letters are scheduled…
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A crash left a vehicle up against the Daniel Stark building Wednesday near the intersection of William J. Bryan Parkway and Main Street in Downtown Bryan. According to Bryan PD, witnesses said the driver lost control, hit a…
Former truck driver Walter Machel has updated an app in an effort to help truck drivers avoid low bridges. There have been nine overpass strikes in Saskatchewan this year, a trend which indicates that some semi drivers would benefit from…
Nobody buys a car hoping to test its crumple zones, but everyone benefits from the engineers who do it for them. Crash safety is the quiet triumph of the modern automobile: a family sedan now survives impacts that would have flattened a luxury car a generation ago, thanks to high-strength steel cages, airbags in places most drivers never notice and electronics that brake before a distracted driver can react. This page follows that work and the crashes, investigations and recalls that keep testing it.
The milestones read like a history of hard lessons. Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin's three-point seat belt arrived in 1959 and was shared freely with the industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety began crash testing in earnest and later introduced its punishing small-overlap test, which sent automakers scrambling to reinforce front corners. NHTSA's star ratings and Europe's Euro NCAP turned safety into a marketing point. And the Takata airbag inflator scandal, which forced the largest recall in automotive history, showed how a single faulty part can reach tens of millions of cars.
The frontier has shifted from the people inside the car to those outside it. American road deaths remain around 40,000 a year, and pedestrian fatalities have climbed even as occupant protection improved, putting the size and hood height of trucks and SUVs under scrutiny. Automatic emergency braking is becoming mandatory, testers are raising the bar for rear-seat passengers and night-time pedestrian detection, and regulators are asking hard questions about distraction from touchscreens and partial automation.
Expect the coverage here to mix new crash-test results and safety awards with defect investigations, airbag and seat-belt recalls, highway fatality data and the research behind them. It is not always cheerful reading, but it is where the next round of life-saving engineering usually begins. Shoppers can use the ratings to compare models in the same class, owners can watch for recall notices on their own cars, and anyone who walks, cycles or drives can follow the long fight to bring the death toll down.
Crash tests from the IIHS and NHTSA, airbag recalls, road-death figures and the engineering that keeps occupants, cyclists and pedestrians alive.
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