US insurance industry top safest cars for 2007

The US insurance industry has released its list of the safest new cars for 2007, which include a shocking headline; no American cars are on the list.

It’s no accident cars are getting safer, increasingly new vehicles are being equipped with side airbags to protect the driver and passengers from head injuries. Electronic stability control help reduce skid and rollovers but insurance industry crash tests reveal that some cars are safer than others.

Rating just out, named 13 vehicles as top safety pick for 2007. Read more ›

The top safest cars in 2010

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has come out with its latest pick for the safest car for 2010. This study is done every year to determine which car is the best for protecting you and your family members in auto accident.

This year there were some big winners and some surprising losers. To come up with 2010 safest cars, the Insurance Institute employed font, side, rear and for the first-time rollover crash tests. Each year in the US there are about 25,000 to 35,000 people who die in car accidents and a little over 9000 of those are rollover crashes. Read more ›