Akihabara News (Tokyo) — A decade ago Toyota offered Akihabara News and other media outlets a demonstration of one of its crash tests. This video remains one our most engaging reports.
Car companies perform crash tests in order to figure out if a car truly meets safety design standards. In this case, two vehicles, each moving at speeds of 40-50 mph, collided front on at an angle. Crash dummies were placed in the vehicles.
Data is collected regarding safety features of onboard equipment and the performance of active collision avoidance technologies. Injuries to the dummies are also assessed during these tests to see if they meet the safety standards.
In this video that we are reintroducing, two Toyota vehicles collide at 50 mph. The slow motion footage of the moment of impact is a sobering sight.
