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

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.

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

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

For decades, car safety tests have predominantly relied on a crash-test dummy modeled after the average 1970s American man.

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

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

The US Transportation Department approved the THOR-05F female crash test dummy to improve safety for women in car crashes.

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

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 ...

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 ...