The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) continues to roll out its new side-impact crash testing, releasing video and other information this week about seven sedans and wagons that IIHS ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced Thursday that it has tested another round of existing models using its new (and still forthcoming) side-impact methodology, and the news is bad for ...

The revised IIHS side impact test barrier now weighs 4200 pounds, which is a 900 pound increase over the older 3300-pound test barrier. This new side impact barrier is supposed to more accurately ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) began performing tougher new side impact crash testing last year designed to better replicate real-world situations involving impacts from SUVs and ...

As side impact crash tests get tougher, only 3 out of 7 midsized cars earned a Good or Acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) latest round of tests. All seven earned ...

Side-impact crashes are especially deadly, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety wants to change that. Putting various body styles through its updated side crash test, the IIHS reports that ...

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has released the latest results of its new, stricter side impact test. Although the results show improvement across the auto industry, not all were ...

There are some important differences in crash-test performance that set apart cars rewarded with the IIHS' Top Safety Pick ...