Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars ...

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

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 ...

For decades, car safety tests have predominantly relied on a crash-test dummy modeled after the average 1970s American man. This critical oversight has resulted in a significant safety gap: government ...

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, ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

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 it be used right... The female crash test dummy has been a long time coming ...