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

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 ...

There’s a push to require automakers to test with dummies modeled on female bodies, not just male ones, to improve data that can save lives.

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

HOUSTON — A new government report is calling out crash test dummies for their lack of diversity. According to the Government Accountability Office, crash test dummies do not represent enough of the ...

It's well established that U.S. crash test dummies don't reflect the population. While female crash test dummies are used in other parts of the world, our crash tests still only use a dummy ...

Women are twice as likely to die in car crashes because their body types have never been used in safety tests. The auto industry has made huge strides in the safety of automobiles in recent years, but ...

The Department of Transportation has taken a small but important step toward adopting and mandating the use of female crash test dummies that actually resemble women, something we inexplicably don't ...