Modern Marvels

Season 10 Episode 38: Car Crashes

In the mid-1960s, the US lost an average of 55,000 people yearly to car crashes. Since then, the number of cars on the road has doubled, but fatalities have decreased by nearly a third. The dramatic reduction is the culmination of research and development that led to safer roads and cars and quicker emergency response. But car-crash technology’s future involves removal of its biggest threat–human drivers! Find out if computers and radar can prevent everything from fender-benders to pile-ups.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

707

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1993

IMDb:

8.1