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 next time you see a crash-test dummy in action, it might be a bio-accurate representation of a woman. That's because 79 years after the first crash test dummy was introduced and nearly 50 years ...

It is finally happening. For the first time in the U.S., car manufacturers will be required to use female dummies for crash tests. The move will boost safety for women on board the vehicles. It took ...

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 ...

Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, ...

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 ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --The Department of Transportation has introduced new crash test dummies that have a specifically small female design, to "address the trend of higher injury rates for women than men in ...

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, ...