The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has introduced a new whiplash test to determine how well a vehicle can prevent common head and neck injuries in a rear-end collision.
In the lowest-rated vehicles, the dummy’s head moved a great deal relative to the spine, and the cervical vertebrae stretched and straightened during the crash. For example, the Tucson’s head restraint pushed the chin down toward the chest, and the CX-50’s allowed the head to slide backward and upward.
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