(AP) - The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades ...

For women, the consequences of a car crash are often far deadlier than for men. According to Verity Now, a US-based campaign group striving to achieve equity in vehicle safety, women are 73% more ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...

The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation will consider using the dummy in the ...

View post: Chrysler Once Sold a K-Car in Japan—and It May Be Extinct Today In the early 1970s, the gods of crash test dummies at GM created the Hybrid I, designed to represent the average male in ...

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 ...

When vehicles are crash-tested for safety, dummies representing the human form are used as substitutes to determine how much damage one would sustain in the collision. Crash testing is an important ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Department of Transportation shows car crash deaths are at the highest rate it’s been in nearly 20 years. Senator Deb Fischer has reintroduced the She DRIVES Act to ...