When a woman gets behind the wheel of a car in the United States, she’s statistically more likely than a man to be injured or die if the vehicle crashes. Now, the federal government aims to reduce ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start producing for carmakers to test in their vehicles. The female crash test dummy, ...

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

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.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

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