The latest version tilts the rear seat upward placing the passenger in a more ideal crash position if it detects a front or rear impact.

The primary function of a head restraint is to minimize the relative rearward movement of the head and neck during rear impact.

Multiple load corridor strategies for frontal, side and rear impacts improve passenger compartment integrity.

BioRID is a dummy designed to assess the effects of a rear impact.

Its seat/head restraints earned the second highest rating of "Acceptable" for protection against whiplash in rear impacts.

A microscopic examination of the rear of Silkwood's car showed paint chips that could have come only from a rear impact by another vehicle.

Direct rear impacts with cyclists are a more prominent collision type in arterial/rural road type situations.

THE most sophisticated head restraints are called "active" because they move up and close to the back of the head after a rear impact.

There are more rear impacts with cyclists in arterial/rural-type roads.

An exposed flange and a line of bolt heads in the differential housing were sufficient to puncture a gas tank driven forward upon rear impact.