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

For decades, car safety tests were built around the body of an average man from the 1970s. Now, federal officials are taking a step to better protect women behind the wheel. The U.S. Transportation ...

Current car crash tests are based on male body dummies from the 1970s. Recently, the U.S. approved female dummies to be used ...

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 ...

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, ...

Natasha Heap was an airline captain, who flew from 1998 to 2012, including flying for QantasLink, Australia’s largest regional airline. Since 2024 she has been a member of the International Board for ...

The US Transportation Department approved the THOR-05F female crash test dummy to improve safety for women in car crashes.