Cadillac's newest CT5 just posted "Poor" ratings in two of the toughest crash tests the Insurance Institute for Highway ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

For decades, car safety tests were built around the body of an average man from the 1970s. Now, federal officials are taking a step to better protect women behind the wheel. The U.S. Transportation ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

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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 ...