Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a ...

CR’s experts say there are three factors that matter most when it comes to safety: A vehicle’s ability to avoid a crash. Its ...

The new Consumer Reports safety verdict highlights the safest new cars and gives you an easy way to know which vehicles will ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

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

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same crashes. The problem stems from a simple oversight that’s persisted for ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

Over 500,000 vehicles sold with fraudulent safety credentials spanning back to 1989. That five-star safety rating on your car dashboard? It might reflect a vehicle that doesn’t actually exist.