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 ...

Robot crash test dummy and female robot. Future concept. 3d rendering. Women are more likely to be hurt or killed in crashes than men A new female crash dummy could help fix safety gaps Lawmakers want ...

For something commonly called a "dummy," the mannequins used in crash tests are surprisingly sophisticated and so specialized that they're not much use out of automotive safety labs. When the US Army ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her ...

Washington — Women get in fewer car accidents than men. But when they do, they're up to 73% more likely to be injured and 28% more likely to die, according to new data from the Insurance Institute for ...

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 ...

The next time you board a commercial flight and are told how to sit in the brace position for an emergency landing, consider this: did you know that international plane safety testing only requires ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy recently unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female crash test dummy – known as the THOR-05F. Federal safety regulators say the ...