Crash dummies are still modeled after men despite higher risks for women Decades after crash tests began, dummies still don’t reflect female bodies — leaving women at greater risk in car ...

Crash dummies used in car safety tests are still modeled after men despite higher risks for women Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies ...

The crash test dummy currently used in NHTSA five-star testing is called the Hybrid III, which was developed in 1978 and modeled after a 5-foot-9, 171-pound man.

Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are designed almost entirely around the body of a man ...

Women face more injury risks in car crashes. So why are test dummies modeled after men? Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while he… ...