Despite it being known for a long time that designing crash tests purely around male physiology, whatever the size, is a bad ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released the results from its latest round of crash tests, involving crossovers from Tesla and Volvo, an SUV from Jeep, and two pickups from ...

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, ...

Crash test videos are some of my favorite things in the world, and it's rare that I come across one I haven't seen before, but the other day I came across a few vintage crash tests and I fully went ...

Women make up more than half of U.S. drivers, but are 73% more likely to suffer serious injuries in a crash than men, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are 17% more ...

Toyota's Daihatsu admitted to crash test fraud affecting 64 models since 1989, using fake safety features never installed in production cars.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is again tightening its crash-test requirements for its coveted Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards, resulting in fewer winners for 2025 than there ...

"Impact" encore Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app The two-part NOVA special ULTIMATE CRASH TEST explores what really happens in a multi-vehicle collision ...

This is the most unusual crash test I’ve ever seen. Chery, the Chinese electric vehicle maker, recently decided to wreck its latest sedan in front of an audience, which is unusual by itself. However, ...