We all know how dangerous frontal, head on collisions are. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that about half of all passenger vehicle occupants killed on U.S. roads die in frontal crashes. Over the years, car manufacturers have made grade improvements in frontal crash protection, thanks in large part to the crash test program the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began in the late 1970s and the crashworthiness evaluations the Institute began in 1995.
The Institute conducts two different frontal crash tests: a moderate overlap test (formerly known as the frontal offset test) and a small overlap test
