Duffy has unveiled the design details for the first-of-its-kind advanced female crash test dummy, known as THOR-05F. This has ...

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 ...

Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or IIHS was actually founded back in 1959, and then was reinvented ten years later as an independent research organization to use a scientific approach to ...

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same crashes. The problem stems from a simple oversight that’s persisted for ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

The Tesla Cybertruck scored a 5-Star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this year, but it will soon be facing a new challenge. The IIHS (Insurance Institute for ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is again tightening its crash-test requirements for its coveted Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards, resulting in fewer winners for 2025 than there ...

Just as a car seat is the safest place for a child to ride, a crash-tested dog crate is the best way to keep your pet (and all the other passengers in your car) safe. While it’s cute to let your dog ...