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

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy recently unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female crash test dummy – known as the THOR-05F. Federal safety regulators say the ...

While auto safety experts find the new dummy designs promising, there are limitations to physical tools when testing vehicle crash outcomes. The 5th percentile federal standard for female dummies is 4 ...

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 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has approved the specifications of THOR-5F, a female crash test dummy developed by Humanetics. AP Photo / Paul Sancya When a woman gets behind the ...

Until now, the industry simply used downsized versions of male dummies. In the United States, the federal agency NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has given the green light to the ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The NHTSA is set to get an advanced dummy to make crash testing more accurate. Built to represent 95 percent of the U.S. female population, THOR-5F will help crash testers more accurately model ...

On Thursday, the Department of Transportation announced it has approved the design for the first advanced female crash-test dummy, named THOR-05F. The agency hopes the new dummy will help show how air ...