The 2018 Kia Rio has earned a top safety pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety when equipped with front crash prevention and good-rated headlights.

Car crashes were up as much as 6 percent recently in states where the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized, according to two studies.

The all-new Nissan Kicks and the Nissan Sentra, two small cars, qualify for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's TOP SAFETY PICK accolade when equipped with particular features, bringing the number of 2018 award winners from the automaker to five.

While, ideally, driver-assist systems reduce the likelihood of crashes, there are still going to be opportunities for work for collision repair shops. To help clear things up, David Aylor, director of active safety testing Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, gives a rundown on the current state of ADAS technology is at and how those vehicles affect body repair procedures.

The Sienna received a poor rating for structure, which allowed "as much as 20 inches of intrusion in the lower occupant compartment and more than 16 inches of intrusion at the dashboard."

Recent crash tests of midsize SUVs by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety featured a range of problems, including structural collapse, an airbag non-deployment, hard hits to the dummy's head and an open door.

The Tesla Model S tops a list of the most expensive vehicles to insure with an annual average insurance paid of $1,789,48 and annual collision insurance paid of $1,310.40, according to the report.

Sean O'Malley, senior test coordinator for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, discusses the importance of calibrating ADAS in vehicles—particularly front-facing cameras. Failure to calibrate windshield-mounted cameras could lead to issues with lane-departure and autobraking.