The idea of crumple zones was first devised by an automotive engineer named Bèla Barènyi. In 1937, at the age of 30, Barènyi thought that cars involved in head-on or rear-end accidents would better ...

If you read any automotive safety reports, you'll see the words "crumple zone" a lot. Crumple zones are pretty simple in concept: areas of a car's body that intentionally crush, so as to let impact ...