With an extensive archive of over 1,000 documents, the NHTSA Web site lists information on topics ranging from Air Bags to Child Passenger Safety to Vehicle & Equipment Information.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, research and communications organization dedicated to reducing highway crash deaths, injuries, and property damage losses.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health, and safety groups along with insurance companies and agents, all working to improve the safety of car travel. The site contains information on automobile safety ranging from the latest news to special reports and fact sheets.

Managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the site provides general resource information (publications, statistics, legislation, and regulations documents) about the management of American highways. It also contains a link to the Intelligent Transportation Systems electronic document library.

Through online quizzes and educational and research materials, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is an educational site designed to provide general safety information to prevent traffic accidents.

Styling Vs. Safety is an in-depth study of the evolution of safety features in the American automobile. A historical investigation of the development process, it is a fantastic resource for those interested in learning more about the early history of car safety.

This full-color volume provides a gripping history of the automobile, from the Model T to the computer-driven cars of the future. The book was done in conjunction with a PBS documentary of the same name.

This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural, and political impact of the car. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside, the car in popular culture, gasoline/fuel history, the spatial transformation of cities, air pollution, critics of car culture, traffic accidents, the globalization of car culture, and much more.

Completely updated, this compilation of consumer complaints from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration brings used car shoppers the facts they need to purchase a reliable vehicle.

The article highlights the basic principles used in hydraulic automotive braking systems.

This piece provides a comprehensive retrospective of the history of car safety in the U.S.