Automotive Crash Injury Research Center
{{Short description|Automotive safety research facility}}
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The Automotive Crash Injury Research Center was founded in 1952 by John O. Moore at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, which spun off in 1972 as Calspan Corporation.{{cite web|url=http://www.carsafety.com/history.htm| title=Calspan Company History and Timeline|publisher=Calspan Corp|accessdate=June 2, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321051040/http://www.carsafety.com/history.htm|archivedate=March 21, 2006}} It pioneered the use of crash testing, originally using corpses rather than dummies. The project discovered that improved door locks, energy-absorbing steering wheels, padded dashboards, and seat belts could prevent an extraordinary percentage of injuries. The project led Liberty Mutual to fund the building of a demonstration Cornell Safety Car in 1956, which received national publicity and influenced carmakers.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-23 |title=In 1957, It Was the World’s Safest Car: The Cornell-Liberty Safety Car |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g15378586/in-1957-it-was-the-worlds-safest-car-the-cornell-liberty-safety-car/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Car and Driver |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car - The Henry Ford |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/artifact/139983/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.thehenryford.org |language=en}} Carmakers soon started their own crash-test laboratories and gradually adopted many of the Cornell innovations.
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