Females in Australia make up over half of the population, yet are shockingly underrepresented in car crash testing with the sole female-presented crash-test dummy reflecting a tiny portion of the ...

Researchers and engineers have just unveiled a prototype of what they hope will lead to safer vehicles for women. The SET 50F is the first car crash dummy modelled entirely on a female body. “In the ...

Dr Astrid Linder is leading the development of the first dummy modelled on the average woman Since the 1970s, crash test dummies - mechanical surrogates of the human body - have been used to determine ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start producing for carmakers to test in their vehicles. The female crash test dummy, ...

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 ...