crash tests
Dummy impact trials
Crash tests are controlled collisions conducted to evaluate vehicle safety.
Manufacturers and regulators slam cars into barriers, other vehicles, or simulated obstacles at specific speeds while measuring forces on instrumented dummies inside.
The results determine safety ratings and inform design improvements.
The new model earned five stars in crash tests.
The concept extends to any destructive testing that reveals how something fails: We ran crash tests on the software before launch.
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