According to the NHTSA, seat belt usage for rear-seated passengers is consistently below that of front-seated passengers, with data from 2022 indicating that rear-seated passengers use a seatbelt ...

Manufacturers have until September 1, 2026, to meet the NHTSA's new front seatbelt warning requirements, and until the same date in 2027 to meet the new rear seat belt warning requirements. Become ...

As with numerous inventions, airbags had many years and many people involved in their development. Two patents had been ...

In addition to enforcing seat belt usage, the NHTSA finalized a number of safety initiatives aimed at reducing traffic deaths, including a requirement for new passenger cars and light trucks to ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it opened a recall query into about 299,000 ...

According to the NHTSA, for those sitting in the front seat, about 91.6 percent of passengers use a seat belt. In the rear seats, about 81.7 percent of passengers use a seat belt.

The laws require all adult passengers to wear seatbelts, expanding the previous front-seat-only rule. This change responds to ...

Ford is recalling more than 1.124 million vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For a full list of recalls or to see if your car needs repairs, go to the NHTSA ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) has fallen behind other ...

Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are ...

The previous rule, Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, required only a seat belt warning for the driver’s seats. NHTSA’s new requirements, on the other hand, cover not ...