Editing Crash test (section)

{{Short description|Form of destructive testing}}
[[File:NHTSA Crash Test of the 2006 Honda Ridgeline.ogv|thumb|A crash test of the [[Honda Ridgeline]] by the [[NHTSA]]]]

[[File:CN12003.jpg|thumb|Frontal small-overlap crash test of a 2012 [[Honda Odyssey (North America)|Honda Odyssey]]]]
[[File:V10341P101.jpg|thumb|2018 [[Dodge Grand Caravan]] being struck by a mobile deformable barrier at 62 km/h]]
[[File:Honda Fit - Impact Still.jpg|thumb|2016 [[Honda Fit]] striking a wall head-on at 56 km/h]]
[[File:2017 Honda Ridgeline Crash Test-NHTSA.gif|thumb|Driver-side oblique crash test of a 2017 [[Honda Ridgeline]]]]
[[File:Jeep Liberty Rear Impact Test.png|thumb|[[Jeep Liberty]] undergoing routine impact testing at Chrysler's Proving Grounds]]
[[File:V06865P614.jpg|thumb|NHTSA research crash test involving two [[Ford Five Hundred]]s]]
[[File:Active Crew Restraint Demonstration.jpg|thumb|right|Full-scale crash test of various [[airbag]] technologies on an [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1G (Mod)]] helicopter]]
A '''crash test''' is a form of [[destructive testing]] usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in [[crashworthiness]] and [[crash compatibility]] for various modes of transportation (see [[automobile safety]]) or related systems and components.