The updated test presents a new challenge for carmakers, but could make this common injury less likely in future vehicles.

The IIHS' new rear impact test exposes weaknesses in vehicle safety designs, with only four models earning a 'Good' rating.

Reviving a whiplash protection test with modified criteria and methods, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has rated ...

IIHS test results reveal which small SUVs have the lowest whiplash injury risk, a common spine injury in rear-end collisions.

The Crosstrek sells in huge numbers, the WRX doesn’t, yet both ran into the same IIHS issue when it came to rear passenger ...

IIHS launches a tougher whiplash test, and most small SUVs fall short. See which models passed, which failed, and why the new ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is always looking at new tests and procedures to help make vehicles safer ...

Now, the bad news is that only four of the 18 small SUVs tested — Audi’s Q3, Hyundai’s Ioniq 5, Subaru’s Forester, and Toyota ...

One of the many reasons SUVs and trucks appeal to so many car buyers is a perception of safety. Conventional wisdom seems to suggest that you're safer in a car that's higher off the ground, even if in ...

In the moderate overlap front crash test, it's pretty obvious that the Crosstrek needs rear pretensioners and load limiters ...

The dangers of big SUVs have been around for years, but you might think that their safety ratings would be pretty good by now. The truth of the matter? At this point in time, only four large SUVs — as ...

There are a handful of small SUVs that earned the IIHS' Top Safety Pick+ rating for 2025, but only one of them was a Honda.