For a while now, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has tested under-ride guards at the backs of semi-truck trailers to find which ones are effective at preventing grisly accidents. Now the ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently found that the eight largest North American trailer manufacturers exceed federal underride guard standards and qualify for the institute’s ...

Testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) this spring shows underride guards mounted to the side of a trailer provide similar safety benefits as rear-mounted guards.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has bestowed its new “Toughguard” award upon five North American semi-trailer manufacturers, recognizing the quality of their rear underride guards.

You don't have to be a physicist to know that accidents involving tractor-trailer trucks are very risky for smaller vehicles. Now a new study finds that a key safety feature on the back of big rigs ...

Recently conducted tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have demonstrated the potentially life-saving benefit of placing side underride guards on trailers. As a result, IIHS contends ...

Back in March, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its research on the safety of the underride guards of heavy truck trailers. The results are quite eye-opening and even ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded its top underride guard rating to eight major trailer manufacturers, Great Dane, Hyundai Translead, Manac, Stoughton Trailers, Strick Trailers, ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has begun testing side underride guards for large trailers for the first time this spring -- devices that prevent cars from traveling underneath a trailer in ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety chillingly has illustrated this fact through a series of tests in which passenger vehicles rear-end the backs of some of America’s most popular ...