The side test represents a T-bone crash in which a typical modern SUV smashes into the driver side of another vehicle. The test was updated in 2021 with a more severe crash and more …

Apr 25, 2025 · In the quest to ensure the utmost safety on the road, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducts stringent crash tests, simulating real-life accidents to evaluate …

Side impact crashes are the most deadly per mph of impact speed; we need better tests to better evaluate our risks. A few years ago, I wrote about how the IIHS had begun to design a …

Summary: Influences on IIHS side impact crash test. Rudolf Reichert, Steve Kan (George Mason University, USA) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weihe, Florian Panzer (IMWF, University of Stuttgart)

To understand how the side crashworthiness program can be enhanced, an ongoing research effort is focused on understanding the correlation between IIHS ratings and driver death rate. …

The delta Vs calculated from the IIHS tests were compared with those from injury-producing side crashes in the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) to see how the severity of the …

Aug 5, 2022 · You can check out the new test rig and the carnage from these test crashes in the video above. It dives into some of the reasons these cars received their scores and the …

Supporting documents for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) side impact crash test program are available from the Test protocols and technical information section of the IIHS …

In the IIHS side crash test, a vehicle is impacted perpendicularly on the driver's side by a moving deformable barrier simulating a typical sport utility vehicle (SUV) or pickup.

Nov 10, 2022 · Recent models of the Subaru Crosstrek and Impreza received Poor scores in a new, tougher IIHS side crash test. Last year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) …