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

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 ...

Women make up more than half of U.S. drivers, but are 73% more likely to suffer serious injuries in a crash than men, and are 17% more likely to be killed, according to the National Highway Traffic ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...