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.

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same crashes. The problem stems from a simple oversight that’s persisted for ...

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.

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

Crash test dummies played a pivotal role in creating the modern cars we know today, making them fail "safely" to preserve the lives of the occupants. Of course, it wasn't as simple as putting plastic ...

Females generally have higher injury odds from passenger vehicle crashes compared to males. That heightened risk affirms the need for crash dummies that account for biological differences between male ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...