Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars ...

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 ...

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 ...

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

"Impact" encore Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app The two-part NOVA special ULTIMATE CRASH TEST explores what really happens in a multi-vehicle collision ...

A first-of-its-kind experiment aims to stage a multi-vehicle pileup to gain new data on car safety. What really happens in a multi-vehicle pileup? A first-of-its-kind experiment aims to stage a high ...