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 ...

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

Current car crash tests are based on male body dummies from the 1970s. Recently, the U.S. approved female dummies to be used ...

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who ...

F, has three times as many sensors than the old model. On Thursday, the Department of Transportation announced it has ...

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

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

FILE - A THOR-5F female crash test dummy is shown in a driver's seat at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., June 10, 2025. The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement ...

Tata Sierra crash test conducted internally by the brand features two Sierra SUVs in a head-on car-to-car crash test, a 1st ...

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 ...