Rear-end collisions are common, especially in areas where heavy traffic is an everyday occurrence. Even vigilant drivers sometimes lose focus, so automakers have stepped in with a technology that ...

The Department of Transport and Main Roads looked into a new car safety technology called forward collision assistance technology (FCA), also known as autonomous emergency braking, to lessen the ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has developed a new test for evaluating collision-avoidance systems, and the first batch of test subjects — small SUVs — has struggled. The new test has a ...

DETROIT — Old cars can learn new tricks. For a few hundred dollars, drivers can add new safety technology — like forward collision warning systems or backup cameras — to older cars. Cars are lasting ...