Vehicle safety experts call the design 'promising' but note that it is only one tool to improve vehicle safety for drivers and passengers.

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

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same ...

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

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

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 ...

The state prosecutor is seeking the records from Baptist Hospital, where George Pino had a blood test taken hours after the ...

Tesla's Cybertruck may boast a polarizing design, but the federal government says it's certainly not an unsafe one. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's testing, ...

New safety test results show how some popular electric vehicles performed in collisions and avoiding pedestrians. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently examined how seven EV's performed.

The NHTSA lists a total of 40 different 2024 model-year vehicles slated for crash testing in the latest round of assessments. According to the agency, the list represents roughly 86 percent of the new ...

Audi A5 and Q6 Sportback e-Tron, BMW X3, Ford Explorer, Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia Sportage named Top Safety Picks+ Hyundai Santa Cruz, Nissan Rogue and Toyota Corolla Cross earn Top Safety Pick In a ...