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 ...

Though the new dummy's official use has not yet been confirmed, THOR-05F represents a monumental first step in equitably ...

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

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 ...

F, marking a first step toward the government and manufacturers potentially using the dummy in future car safety tests. But ...

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

Crash test dummies revolutionized car safety but never with a female body specifically in mind — until now. The Department of Transportation is unveiling an advanced female crash test dummy that could ...

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

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

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 ...