Though it may seem like hulking pickup trucks and SUVs of all sizes have taken over the nation’s driveways, as Mark Twain might say reports of the passenger car’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

Small cars are often assumed to be unsafe. This Fifth Gear crash test puts that belief to the test. The Smart car is pushed into a controlled impact to see how it really performs. The results ...

Forensic science is put to the test after the first-ever staged multi-vehicle pileup. Car safety experts just pulled off a first-of-its-kind remote controlled multi-vehicle pile up. Now investigators ...

We've all seen a crash test dummy, and some of us have even been compared to them. These bright yellow test dummies have long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

Samuel W. Alderson is the genius who made dummies smart. The California inventor parlayed a knack for tinkering in his old man’s sheet metal shop into a gift for making highways safer here in America ...

Crash test videos are some of my favorite things in the world, and it's rare that I come across one I haven't seen before, but the other day I came across a few vintage crash tests and I fully went ...