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

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy recently unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

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

While Humanetics Group engineers harvest data from crash test dummies at a lab in Farmington Hills, President and CEO Christopher O’Connor is focused on the company’s longevity with an eye on software ...

Current US New Car Assessment crash testing focuses on a dummy called the Hybrid III. That dummy was first designed in 1976, and it was constructed around the 50th percentile male of the time. That ...