The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Nov. 20 unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP) — Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries ...

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 ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her ...

Obese people are 78 percent more likely to die in a car crash. — -- Crash-test dummies are undergoing a makeover to reflect the thicker waistlines and larger rear ends of Americans. “Studies show ...

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

American car companies will be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women for the first ...