One reason for that might be there is no crash test dummy that represents the average female body used in car safety testing, despite women making up more than half of all licensed U.S. drivers.

Engineers are working on a new "virtual" crash test dummy, one that will live entirely within computers, but will be more realistic than any physical dummy ever subjected to a crash test.

Since then, these crash test dummies have become more advanced and more representative of a human body – well, a male body, at least. This is exactly where the problem lies.

The face of a crash test dummy looks eerily vacant. With indents instead of eyes, a pointy nose, and permanently pursed lips, it appears remarkably expressionless—especially considering it’s ...

Ford digital child crash test dummy – Click above for high-res image gallery Ford has started working on a digital child body model to better understand the effects of car crashes on youngsters.

Crash test dummies, also known as human surrogate models, play a crucial role in evaluating vehicle safety. They simulate the biomechanical response of the human body during collisions, helping ...

Hu and his team are replacing real crash test dummies with a virtual body – called a ‘human model’ – built in a computer. “We go beyond just a single fat dummy,” he says.

Far from being simply a human-sized hunk of unthinking steel and foam rubber, today's crash test dummies are high-tech instruments that help save countless lives.

While Jaguar Land Rover plan on scanning the driver's brain to prevent him or her from falling asleep, Toyota is going for a deeper approach as they made a step to improve crash test dummies.

In the 1940s, researchers would throw just about anything at a wall—anesthetized pigs, human cadavers—to gain an understanding of a high-speed collision’s effect on the body. Thankfully, the ...

Thor replicates humans more accurately than today's Hybrid 3 dummies and can capture much more information, enabling engineers to better understand how the body interacts with the vehicle in a crash.

One reason for that might be there is no crash test dummy that represents the average female body used in car safety testing, despite women making up more than half of all licensed U.S. drivers.