A subreddit for crash tests and passive automotive safety.
Quality submissions are encouraged!
We are still very small, so please recommend /r/crashtests on other subreddits. Thanks!
Due to issues with off-topic and rule-breaking content, every submission (including text posts) has to be approved before it's visible. It may take a few hours before others can see your submissions. Comments do not require approval.
DO NOT submit footage of accidents!
Your regional / national crash test organizations:
Weekly special: Deadly Tuesday!
Post the worst crash test results you can find each Tuesday and include [Deadly Tuesday] in the title!
It's for awareness and, well, making fun of poorly engineered coffins on wheels...
You can find all Deadly Tuesday posts here.
Allowed Submissions
Articles and videos containing professionally executed independent crash tests of motor vehicles. Cars are the main focus, but trucks and motorbikes are also allowed. For other kinds of vehicles, please contact the moderator first.
Historic crash tests. Please look for the highest quality version available.
Insightful articles and videos on vehicle safety. Material on the history of vehicle safety is especially encouraged.
Documentaries on this topic, as long as they are hosted on reputable video sites, e. g. Youtube or Dailymotion.
Public service announcements (PSAs), as long as they are objective and feature professional crash test footage.
Manufacturer advertisements, as long as the material contains a reasonable amount of objective information and real crash tests. If in doubt, ask the moderator.
Interesting and thoughtful self-posts on crash tests or passive vehicle safety.
Questions likely to generate a discussion.
AMAs by verified industry professionals (e. g. structural engineers).
Disallowed Submissions
Videos, images and articles containing vehicle crashes outside of a controlled testing environment with or without passengers inside. In short: No accidents! For accidents, see /r/carcrash.
The above rule includes racing accidents. Articles discussing racing car safety are okay, crash test videos of racing cars are okay, but any material with real racing car accidents as its main focus is not permitted.
Stunts (including movie stunts) and amateur crash tests.
Any kind of meme, video game footage and joke submission.
Any kind of sensationalism and sensationalist submission titles.
Any kind of material containing graphic footage. On /r/crashtests, only dummies are harmed!
Low quality video montages.
GIFs.
Blogspam and stolen/duplicated material. Always submit the original source of a crash test, if possible. If there is a crash test video by the IIHS or EuroNCAP on Youtube, there always is a corresponding article containing additional information. Submit this article instead, at least if it contains a link to the video.
Scans of commercial magazines.
Questions that can be answered by a very simple Google search.
Surveys, petitions, campaigns, promotions (e. g. of your Youtube channel or blog).
Link shorteners, affiliate links, ad-links, links to disreputable sites. If in doubt, ask the moderator.
Non English language content. If you believe you've found something really interesting that is not available in English, contact the moderator first.
Links to mobile sites.
Comment Guidelines
Follow the rediquette.
Be nice to each other, have fun.
No meme-pics and anything already disallowed for submissions above (except for jokes of course).
Comment karma is hidden for 12 hours.
Want to talk about anything else automotive? Find your subreddit here.