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Women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident. Research says it’s because the crash dummies used are designed around the average build of a man. Eve Van Dyke had a firsthand experience of being on the wrong side of that statistic. She joined Jacob Soboroff to talk about why nothing has been done to fix it.
Tesla’s Autopilot driving feature is coming under fire after reports of a record number of crashes. Marcus Espinoza has more details.
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Actor Scott Eastwood broke a long public silence about the death of his girlfriend Jewel Brangman, killed in 2014 by a recalled airbag during a minor car accident, a loss he says he couldn't grieve for years. Eastwood, 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast Monday and described in detail how Brangman, a 26-year-old model […] The post Scott Eastwood opens up about girlfriend's 2014 death from defective airbag in rare podcast interview appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Scott Eastwood broke a long public silence about the death of his girlfriend Jewel Brangman, killed in 2014 by a recalled airbag during a minor car accident, a loss he says he couldn't grieve for years. Eastwood, 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast Monday and described in detail how Brangman, a 26-year-old model and gymnast, died in what should have been a survivable collision. The two had been together for three or four years when a defective airbag turned a fender bender into a fatal incident. The airbag, which was subject to a recall, fired a projectile through Brangman's body and split her spleen. Eastwood was working on a film set at the time and could not leave. He missed her funeral. Eastwood was stuck on set and…Open
The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
In a demonstration of how far vehicle safety has come, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released video showing a crash test between a 2026 Chevy Blazer and the same model from 1996.
In this visual guide, certified car seat experts walk through common installation mistakes and how to fix them. Learn what a secure car seat base and a tightly fastened tether look like and more.
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Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a problem one vehicle safety group is trying to solve.
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