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Adapted from NOVA: "Escape! Because Accidents Happen—Car Crash" A NOVA Production by Windfall Films, Ltd. for WGBH/Boston in association with the BBC and Süddeutscher Rundfunk. Stock footage courtesy of Mercedes-Benz, National Safety Council, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and Ford Motor Company.