Vehicle Research Center Insurance Institute for Highway Safety |
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| Owner: |
None; sponsored by U.S. property/casualty insurers |
| Address: |
Location
Route 633
Ruckersville, VA
Mail
1005 N. Glebe Rd
Arlington, VA 22201
USA |
| Fax: |
Int +1 703 247 1678 |
| Telephone: |
Int +1 703 247 1500 |
| Email: |
alund@iihs.org |
| Web Address: |
www.iihs.org |
| Equipment & Main Activities: |
- Front, front-offset, and angle-barrier crash tests at up to 50 mph; car-to-car head-on and front-offset tests at up to 50mph (each vehicle) car-to-car side impacts that simulate real-world intersection crashes
- Dummy calibration laboratory to prepare crash test dummies
- Work bays for vehicle preparation
- Cameras/lighting to film crash tests in slow-motion
- Photography studio to document research results
- Vehicle component testing equipment
- Machine shop to create special equipment for vehicle testing
- Outdoor track (approx. 1,000 feet) for vehicle handling/braking tests
- Display hall for showing/explaining cars from recent tests and examples of modern vehicle safety technologies
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| Strategic Direction: |
- To conduct vehicle research including full-scale crash tests to reduce the losses - deaths, injuries, and property damage - from motor vehicle crashes.
- To influence policymakers by supplying this information to automakers, suppliers, and consumers.
- Part of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which conducts a full range of highway safety research covering drivers and the roadway environment as well as motor vehicles.
- Affiliated organisation, the Highway Loss Data Institute, publishes information on insurance losses by passenger vehicle make and model.
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