Shocking crash test shows how car safety has improved

The automotive industry may have turned its sights to self-driving cars and smart technology, but what really sets today's cars apart from their predecessors is something far more important – they're much, much safer. Cars built in the year 2000 or earlier account for more than a third of fatal crashes, according to a new analysis from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program. As shocking footage from recent crash tests reveals the dramatic difference between older cars and those made in the last few years, experts warn that these at-risk vehicles also tend to be operated by the most at-risk drivers. In the tests, cars were driven toward a head-on collision at 64 kilometers per hour. While newer cars were found to perform'very well,' older vehicles did not hold up well at all, with severe consequences for the dummy driver inside In the tests, cars were driven toward a head-on collision at 64 kilometers per hour.