Leadership Through Real World Research
 

Underlying all of Honda's efforts to improve safety for everyone is a commitment to research and development that is focused on improving safety in the real world, not merely meeting government regulations.
 
In 2000, Honda opened the world's first indoor multi-directional crash test safety facility, located within our major R&D center in Japan.
 
In 2003, we added a new Automotive Safety Research Facility to our R&D center in Ohio. Two of the world's most advanced indoor crash safety research facilities, these centers conduct a variety of tests to provide Honda with a deeper understanding of what happens in real world collisions as the basis for new technologies that advance safety.



Why did Honda create the world's largest indoor crash test facility?


Honda's indoor crash test safety facility in Japan is as large as a major league baseball field. This enables Honda to conduct crash tests from a variety of directions, at varying speeds, and between vehicles of different sizes. This multi-directional test capability is key to better understanding, designing for, and protecting against the consequences of real world collisions.





It took Honda three years to create the world's first "pitching sled test" at our new Automotive Safety Research Facility in Ohio. By simulating how the vehicle's rear end lifts up in a frontal collision, we can better measure the real world performance of safety systems as a means to help minimize the danger of such collisions.




The Honda Innova Fairfax Hospital CIREN Center in Virginia provides data about motor vehicle collisions to help us better simulate what happens in the real world.
 

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Honda's safety research facilities are playing a critical role in our better understanding of collision dynamics and the development of new technologies that improve safety in the real world.
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