If your vehicle has a poorly designed or badly adjusted head restraint, you could suffer a more severe neck injury in a collision. We've measured the head restraints in top selling models. Check out the 2009 dynamic head restraint results and see how your car rates. And dont forget to always adjust your head restraint correctly.
Select a category to check the head restraint rating of your car:
Adjusting your head restraint
The top of the head restraint must be at least as high as your eyes and as close as is comfortable to the back of your head.
Whether you are the driver or a passenger, you should always check your head restraint when getting into a car, in the same way you'd adjust the mirror and seat. This is particularly important if you share a car or you're in a car you don't normally use. The head restraints may have been adjusted for someone of a different size and may not suit you.
Head restraints
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Watch our video to see what could happen in a crash if your head restraint is in the wrong position.
Did you know?
- The majority of head restraints in popular vehicles don't provide adequate protection for people in crashes.
- In a crash, drivers with a poorly designed or adjusted head restraint will feel a force on their neck equivalent to a head-high tackle by a Rugby front row forward.