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Honda R&D Americas, Inc has debuted an all-new automotive safety research facility that features seven advanced safety testing laboratories, including the world’s most sophisticated high-resolution crash barrier block and the world’s first pitching crash test simulator. The 78,000 square-foot facility located on the campus of Honda R&D Americas in Raymond, Ohio, represents an investment of $30 million in advanced safety testing facilities that will play an integral part in Honda’s global safety research and development efforts.

The crash test facility is capable of conducting a wide variety of both real world and simulated crash tests including full frontal, angled barrier, side impact and offset crash tests, along with simulations of various tests related to the performance of safety systems such as airbags and seatbelts. Additional capabilities of the Automotive Safety Research Facility include laboratories for airbag testing, interior impact testing, pedestrian safety testing, and structural strength testing of roofs, side doors, seatbelt anchorages and child seat anchorages.