THOR-5F, the first crash test dummy designed to replicate the female anatomy. It represents a huge leap forward in technology ...

The federal government will soon require carmakers to test vehicle safety systems using advanced crash test dummies that more accurately represent female bodies. Why it matters: Women face a much ...

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 ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced its offical endorsement of a highly sophisticated new model of female crash test dummy. The model, known as THOR-05F, has three times as ...

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 ...

America is finally giving the other half of its population a seat at the crash-test table. Answering a call safety researchers have been making for decades, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ...

Until now, the industry simply used downsized versions of male dummies. In the United States, the federal agency NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has given the green light to the ...

Officials say the move is ‘long overdue’ and meant to close decades of safety gaps in vehicle crash testing The transportation department has unveiled a first crash test dummy in the US modeled ...