Crash-test dummies have long been designed around male bodies, putting women at higher injury risk. New female models ...

For all the airbags, algorithms and glossy marketing, the modern car may still have a blind spot that’s about half the size ...

WASHINGTON — Women are finally getting a dummy of their own. The Transportation Department rolled out the design for a “first-of-its-kind” advanced female crash test dummy, aimed at improving safety ...

(Carlos Bernate for NPR) For three decades, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has been smashing vehicles with an adult-sized dummy sitting in the front seat, simulating a type of ...