The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and its challenging small-overlap crash test have passed judgment. In testing of nearly a dozen minicars, only one vehicle scored an acceptable rating on the ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently tested the technically similar Acura ZDX and Honda Prologue, two electric utility vehicles produced by General Motors on a GM platform with GM ...

When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “SORB,” the Small Overlap Rigid Barrier test, launched in 2012, many automakers were caught flat-footed, with vehicles that had been Top Safety Picks ...

Only the 2026 Hyundai Palisade and Toyota Prius earned the Top Safety Pick+ award in latest tests. Many new vehicles struggled with the updated moderate overlap front crash test, especially back-seat ...

A few years back, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that the Jeep Wrangler had a flipping problem. Repeated runs of the driver-side small overlap crash test forced the 4×4 on its side ...

WASHINGTON — Vehicles that perform well in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's driver-side small-overlap front crash test were shown to reduce a driver's risk of dying in a real-world crash, ...

2026 Hyundai Palisade, Toyota Prius earn Top Safety Pick+ awards from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Award requires excellent performance in three crash tests and other safety evaluations ...