While regulators have been testing crash impacts for decades, there’s a dearth of data on women, who face a higher risk of ...

THOR-5F, the first crash test dummy designed to replicate the female anatomy. It represents a huge leap forward in technology ...

Research released Thursday shows women have greater risk of injuries in vehicle crashes, supporting need for female-specific ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy recently unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female crash test dummy – known as the THOR-05F. Federal safety regulators say the ...

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.

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 ...