Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same ...

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

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

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who ...

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 ...

For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — When General Motors Corp. engineer Jack Jensen started working with crash test dummies in the 1990s, the data collected from the devices was routed to recorders the size of a phone booth.