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 ...

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

I'm grateful I was able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my extended family. I'm also an introvert, and my social gas ...

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

Women have been driving since Bertha Benz took one of Karl's contraptions without his permission on the first real drive of ...

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

Read full article: Woman in custody after barricading self in a trailer, firing shots in a Florida Walmart parking lot But those people probably don't think about the unsung heroes of the safety world ...

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 ...