Vehicle safety experts call the design 'promising' but note that it is only one tool to improve vehicle safety for drivers and passengers.

After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has finally approved the use of a female crash test dummy after almost half a century ...

The new THOR 05F crash dummy features accurate female anatomy to finally improve crash safety for women.

For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women.

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

HOUSTON — A new government report is calling out crash test dummies for their lack of diversity. According to the Government Accountability Office, crash test dummies do not represent enough of the ...

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The test dummy has been used in crash after crash, year after year -- for nearly five decades, to be exact. But as Americans continue to get taller, fatter and older, carmakers say ...

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Americans weigh more than they used to. Most crash test dummies don't. — -- Americans weigh more than they used to, but most test crash dummies don’t. At 195 pounds, the average man is 21 pounds ...

It doesn't take a genius to know that injuries to Soldiers from roadside bombs and their resulting vehicle crashes could take a serious toll on readiness, the Army's No. 1 priority. In fact, when it ...