Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy — the THOR-05F — on Thursday.

The federal government will soon require carmakers to test vehicle safety systems using advanced crash test dummies that more ...

Crash test dummies are supposed to help engineers understand how car crashes affect the human body. But there may be a troubling design flaw. You might think that by the looks of a crash test dummy it ...

Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to ...

Gabriella Mayren is researching how to redesign crash test dummies to better represent women. A sophomore at Embry-Riddle ...

The new dummies span different body types and genders, and upgraded versions capable of more precisely simulating human ...