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 ...

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 ...

America is finally giving the other half of its population a seat at the crash-test table. Answering a call safety researchers have been making for decades, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start producing for carmakers to test in their vehicles. The female crash test dummy, ...

Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has approved the specifications of THOR-5F, a female crash test dummy developed by Humanetics. AP Photo / Paul Sancya When a woman gets behind the ...

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 ...

While auto safety experts find the new dummy designs promising, there are limitations to physical tools when testing vehicle crash outcomes. The 5th percentile federal standard for female dummies is 4 ...

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said. By Adeel ...

On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

Volvo has a long history of dealing with moose collisions. They began testing the impact of moose strikes on their cars in ...