While regulators have been testing crash impacts for decades, there’s a dearth of data on women, who face a higher risk of ...

There’s a push to require automakers to test with dummies modeled on female bodies, not just male ones, to improve data that ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently crash-tested 20 model-year 2025-26 vehicles. New Top Safety Pick+ winners include Audi A6 Sportback e-Tron, Q5 and Q5 Sportback; Genesis G80; Honda ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...

One of the nation's most closely watched auto safety ratings could soon get even tougher. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which conducts rigorous car tests and issues ratings that ...

The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation will consider using the dummy in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

From a new 911 to Mazda’s best crash test results yet, these are the biggest stories in car news today. Porsche unveils limited a 911 GT3 90 F.A. edition honoring Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. Land ...

FORMULA 1 crash tests must be passed each year before a new car is passed as fit for use. Introduced in 1985 and supervised ...