Current US New Car Assessment crash testing focuses on a dummy called the Hybrid III. That dummy was first designed in 1976, ...

A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., turned heads Thursday by stressing the need for "female dummies" in car crash testing during a congressional hearing. During the House Appropriations Committee hearing on ...

Women have been driving since Bertha Benz took one of Karl's contraptions without his permission on the first real drive of ...

Women make up more than half of U.S. drivers, but are 73% more likely to suffer serious injuries in a crash than men, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are 17% more ...