Since the 1970s, crash test dummies have been used to test for ... Sometimes, in lieu of a female dummy, researchers use a smaller version of the male one, about the size of a 12-year-old girl.

Working with a team of engineers, Linder has created a “female” crash dummy and is using it to test women’s safety in low-severity rear-impact collisions. Linder recently spoke to CNN about ...

But, there hasn't been a representative female crash test dummy since testing began. Until now. Finally, a full 73 years after we started using crash test dummies to find out how safe a car is for ...

The THOR-5F, a more advanced female crash test dummy, is being developed. Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ...

Automakers are finally using female crash test dummies for the first time in 60 years of automobile testing. First developed in late 2022, the SET 50F crash test dummy, designed by Swedish ...

the gods of crash test dummies at GM created the Hybrid I, designed to represent the average male in height, weight, and proportions. When engineers needed dummies to represent women, children ...

Female crash test dummies would be used in determining vehicle safety under a bipartisan bill sponsored by Alabama’s junior senator aimed at modernizing standards. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt ...

According to the IIHS, crashes of comparable severity tend to injure and kill women more than men. The main reason is that crash test dummies were designed to resemble the average man, and ...

Car companies are only required to test vehicle safety using crash dummies modeled after men. fStop Images - Caspar Benson via Getty Images Compared to men, women are 17 percent more likely to die ...

One reason experts believe women are more at risk: For nearly 50 years the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has failed to upgrade its crash test dummies to 21st-century ...