HOUSTON — A new government report is calling out crash test dummies for their lack of diversity. According to the Government Accountability Office, crash test dummies do not represent enough of the ...

Vehicle safety experts call the design 'promising' but note that it is only one tool to improve vehicle safety for drivers and passengers.

Most of us know crash dummies, with their blank faces and androgynous features, are used for auto testing. Over the years they’ve contributed to making cars safer for everyone. Results have a direct ...

The auto industry has made huge strides in the safety of automobiles in recent years, but one stubborn — and disturbing — problem has remained: women are twice as likely to die in car crashes as men.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., turned heads Thursday by stressing the need for "female dummies" in car crash testing during a congressional hearing. During the House Appropriations Committee hearing on ...

Researchers have found that females in the front seat of a car are 73 percent more likely than males to be injured in a crash and 17 percent more likely to die. While new high-tech female crash test ...

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 ...

For over 30 years, they’ve delivered one of music’s most unique sounds. On Tuesday, Crash Test Dummies perform live at City Winery in D.C. “I still pinch myself,” Co-vocalist Ellen Reid told WTOP. “I ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Obese people are 78 percent more likely to die in a car crash. — -- Crash-test dummies are undergoing a makeover to reflect the thicker waistlines and larger rear ends of Americans. “Studies show ...