Small Cars and Crashes

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Insurance Inst For Highway Safety

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Copyright: Registered 9Feb72 · MP22334 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Description: Shows in real-time and slow-motion from several perspectives the results of collisions between small and large cars manufactured by the same company. Illustrates that the small cars in each case sustained considerably more severe damage to the passenger compartment. Analyzes the motion of and surfaces struck by dummies to contrast the degree and extent of bodily injury sustained by passengers in each vehicle.