U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy recently unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female ...

The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women.

The new dummy, known as THOR-05F, contains female-specific proportions, according​ to the Transportation Department.

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

After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced its offical endorsement of a highly sophisticated new model of ...

F, marking a first step toward the government and manufacturers potentially using the dummy in future car safety tests. But ...

The new dummy, called THOR-05F, has three times as many sensors than the old model.

Both provide valuable information but their testing and scoring methods are different and they are funded differently, one being a government agency, and the other not. NHTSA was officially ...

Engineers and designers have worked hard to ensure that passenger vehicles are able to keep all occupants as injury-free as possible in the event of a collision. Cars, wagons, minivans and sport ...

Concerns have been raised about the safety of backseat passengers in minivans following new research and a recent series of crash tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted the tests ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Nov. 20 unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start ...