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

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, ...

The Department of Transportation has taken a small but important step toward adopting and mandating the use of female crash test dummies that actually resemble women, something we inexplicably don't ...

On Thursday, the Department of Transportation announced it has approved the design for the first advanced female crash-test dummy, named THOR-05F. The agency hopes the new dummy will help show how air ...

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 ...

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 ...

Natasha Heap was an airline captain, who flew from 1998 to 2012, including flying for QantasLink, Australia’s largest regional airline. Since 2024 she has been a member of the International Board for ...