The Latest Breaking News from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Tougher test standards mean fewer cars are earning the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick Awards this year. The IIHS updated its moderate overlap front crash test by adding a dummy in the rear seat behind the driver, which represents a small woman or child, to collect injury…

A few years ago, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) discovered that its automatic emergency braking (AEB) test wasn’t really simulating real-world crashes. It had been testing the systems at relatively low speeds, far below the speeds where most rear-end crashes actually occurred. The IIHS decided to raise the…

A new study compiling decades of fatal motorcycle crashes is being released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is pushing for stricter state road safety laws

But it's also the first electric truck to receive an IIHS rating, so we'll see if can hold onto its title.

The Volkswagen Group says that "e-mobility [is] the future of the automotive industry," but has to stay flexible during the transition.

Apple Vision Pro users have been spotted wearing headset while driving, but the laws on it remain unclear.

Here in 2023, many passenger vehicles are routinely equipped with ADAS, but their ability to detect motorcycles and trucks needs improvement, says the IIHS.

Recent petitions from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) look to mandate ABS on all new motorcycles in the US.

Vehicles with higher front ends are more likely to cause fatalities in crashes with pedestrians than smaller cars and trucks, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.